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J Bracewell vs CA & RP

JAMES R. BRACEWELL, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 107427 | 2000-01-25

D E C I S I O N


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Before us is a petition to affirm the Order of the Regional Trial Court of Makati, Branch 58, in LRC Case No. M-77,1 [Records, Vol. I, pp. 268-271.] which was reversed by respondent Court of Appeals in its Decision dated June 29, 1992 in CA-G.R. CV No. 26122.2 [CA Records, pp. 30-34.] Petitioner's Motion for Reconsideration was denied by respondent court on September 30, 1992.3 [Id., p. 45.]

The controversy involves a total of nine thousand six hundred fifty-seven (9,657) square meters of land located in Las Piñas, Metro Manila. The facts show that sometime in 1908, Maria Cailles, married to...