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Francisco, Tankiko, et al vs Cezar, Endan, et al

Spouses FRANCISCO and ANGELA C. TANKIKO and Spouses ISAIAS and ANITA E. VALDEHUEZA, petitioners, vs. JUSTINIANO CEZAR, EUGENIO ENDAN, BONIFACIO ACLE, EUSEBIO ANTIG, JULIO ASENERO, PILAR ARBOLADURA, JUANA BALISTOY, APOLINARIO BAHADE, REMEGIO CAGADAS, TEODORO CAGANTAS, ALEJANDRO DE LA CERNA, NILO DE LA CRUZ, REMEDIOS F. COLLERA, TERESITA COLLERA, ANASTACIO DAGANDARA, HEIRS OF SOTERO ESCOLANA represented by LUZ ESCOLANA, HEIRS OF FELICISIMO EXCLAMADO represented by ALFREDO EXCLAMADO, CARLOS GOMEZ, ELEUTERIO GUIWAN, HEIRS OF TEODORO JANDAYAN represented by MARINA ANAYA VDA. DE JANDAYAN, HEIRS OF GUILLERMO NARISMA, IGNACIO OPAON, ANTONIO PALMA, ELADIO RAAGAS, HEIRS OF MARTIN RODRIGUEZ represented by LUZMINDA RODRIGUEZ ABEJARON, RUFINO SUMAMPONG, HEIRS OF ASUNCION TACDER represented by EUSEBIO ANTIG, DOMINGO TORDILLO, LUCIANO UAYAN and JULIO WALAG, respondents.

G.R. No. 131277 | 1999-02-02

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Equity may be invoked only in the absence of law; it may supplement the law, but it can neither contravene nor supplant it.

Statement of the Case

This principle is stressed by this Court in granting the Petition for Review on Certiorari before us seeking the nullity of the April 16, 1997 Decision of the Court of Appeals1 [Ninth Division composed of J. Portia Alino-Hormachuelos, ponente; concurred in by JJ. Jorge S. Imperial, chairman; and Ramon U. Mabutas Jr, member.] in CA-GR CV No. 50025 and its October 13, 1997 Resolution denying reconsideration. The dispositive portion of the assailed Decision reads...