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Republic vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by the SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, petitioner, vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. VIVENCIO A. BANTUGAN, Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Brach 55, Alaminos, Pangasinan, and HEIRS OF ZENAIDA BUSTRIA-TIGNO, represented by CAMILO TIGNO, respondents.

G.R. No. 122269 | 1999-09-30

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

For review is the decision1 [Per Associate Justice Eduardo G. Montenegro and concurred in by Associate Justices Jorge S. Imperial and Jose C. De La Rama.] of the Court of Appeals, dated October 4, 1995, in CA-G.R. SP No. 34013, dismissing a petition filed by the Republic of the Philippines for the annulment of the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Alaminos, Pangasinan, which declared private respondents to be the absolute owners of a piece of land in Barangay Malacapas, Dasol, Pangasinan. The government, as petitioner, prays that the aforesaid decision of the trial court rendered in Civil Case No. A-1759,...