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Emilie T. Sumbad, et al. vs CA, et a

EMILIE T. SUMBAD and BEATRICE B. TAIT, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, EDUARD OKOREN, OLIVIA T. AKOKING, EVELYN W. SACLANGEN, assisted by her husband Julio Saclangen, MARY ATIWAG assisted by her husband Arthur Atiwag, JAIME T. FRONDA, BARBARA TALLONGEN, JULIA PIYES, assisted by her husband Edward Piyes, GLEN PAQUITO and FELICITAS ALINAO, respondents.

G.R. No. 106060 | 1999-06-21

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision1 [Penned by Associate Justice Salome A. Montoya, with Associate Justice Reynato S. Puno and Associate Justice Celso L. Magsino, concurring.] of the Court of Appeals, Fifth Division, dated May 28, 1992, in CA-G.R. CV No. 32711, affirming, with modification, the dismissal by the Regional Trial Court of Bontoc, Mountain Province, Branch 36, of a complaint for quieting of title, annulment of sale, and recovery of possession filed by petitioners against private respondents.

The facts are as follows:

After the death of his wife, Agata B. Tait, in 1936, George K. Tait,...