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Lucia Mapa Vda De Dela Cruz, et al vs Adjuto Abille

LUCIA MAPA VDA. DE DELA CRUZ, LEODIVINA DELA CRUZ, WILMA DELA CRUZ, DARLITO DELA CRUZ, JUANITA DELA CRUZ, RICARDO DELA CRUZ, ARSENIO DELA CRUZ, JUAN DELA CRUZ, and PACITA DELA CRUZ, petitioners, vs. ADJUTO ABILLE, respondent.

G.R. No. 130196 | 2001-02-26

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us is an appeal of the Decision[1] dated December 5, 1996 of the Court of Appeals[2] dismissing petitioners' appeal from the judgment of the Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) denying their petition for issuance of an emancipation patent.

The facts are as follows:

Herminio Abille, now deceased, had a total landholding of 13.0561 hectares, located in Infanta, Pangasinan, comprising of 9.2903 hectares of riceland; 2.0000 hectares of cogonland; 1.7658 hectares of coconut land and .4660 hectare of residential land.[3]

Since 1968, Balbino dela Cruz was an agricultural tenant in the...