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RP (Director of Lands) vs HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, CONRADO DE LARA, THE SISTERS OF ST. JOHN DE BAPTIST, INC., respondents.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by the Director of Lands, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, CONRADO DE LARA, THE SISTERS OF ST. JOHN DE BAPTIST, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 99331 | 1999-04-21

D E C I S I O N

PURISIMA, J.:

Before the Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court to review and set aside the 21 February 1991 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals,[2] affirming the Decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 18, Tagaytay City, in Civil Case No. TG-1012, and the 7 May 1991 Resolution, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration, on the ground that the said Decision and Resolution are contrary to law and jurisprudence.

The antecedent facts that matter can be culled as follows:

On April 25, 1988, the petitioner, Republic of the Philippines filed an Amended Complaint[3]...