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Isabela Colleges vs Heirs of Tolentino-Rivera

ISABELA COLLEGES, INC. petitioner, vs. THE HEIRS OF NIEVES TOLENTINO-RIVERA, namely: PABLO T. RIVERA, FELICULA R. PEREZ, DOLORES R. QUERIDO, OLGA BUNAG, LOLITA RIVERA, LUCIA FLORES, MANUEL RIVERA, ANDRES RIVERA, CAMILO RIVERA, EMMA ALFONSO, ANTONIA PEREZ; and PROCESO CORTEZ, DANILO DE LA CRUZ, ALEXANDER CORTEZ, CORAZON MENOR and CARLOS CALDERON. respondents.

G.R. No. 132677 | 2000-10-20

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals[1] dated September 26, 1997 which reversed and set aside the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 20, Cauayan, Isabela dismissing the complaint filed by respondents against petitioner. The facts are as follows:

The late Nieves Tolentino-Rivera (Nieves for short) and her husband, Pablo Rivera, were married in 1921. The couple resided at Cauayan, Isabela and begot 13 children. On October 20, 1934, Nieves, still using her maiden name, filed an application for a sales patent over a 13.5267-hectare land in Cauayan,...