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Benigna Secuya, et al vs Gerarda Vda de Selma

BENIGNA SECUYA, MIGUEL SECUYA, MARCELINO SECUYA, CORAZON SECUYA, RUFINA SECUYA, BERNARDINO SECUYA, NATIVIDAD SECUYA, GLICERIA SECUYA and PURITA SECUYA, petitioners, vs. GERARDA M. VDA. DE SELMA, respondent.

G.R. No. 136021 | 2000-02-22

D E C I S I ON

PANGANIBAN, J.:

In an action for quieting of title, the plaintiffs must show not only that there is a cloud or contrary interest over the subject real property, but that they have a valid title to it. In the present case, the action must fail, because petitioners failed to show the requisite title.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review seeking to set aside the July 30, 1998 Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 38580,1 [Seventeenth Division, composed of J. Portia Aliño-Hormachuelos (ponente), J. Buenaventura J. Guerrero (chairman) and J. Renato C. Dacudao (member).] which affirmed the...