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RP vs CA, etc.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, HEIRS OF MARCELA FRANCISCO, NAMELY: ROSARIO BERNARDO and PACIFICO BERNARDO; HEIRS OF JUANA FRANCISCO NAMELY: BUENAVENTURA CRISOSTOMO, ANDRES CRISOSTOMO, FELICITAS CRISOSTOMO; HEIRS OF BRIGIDA FRANCISCO, NAMELY: LIWANAG JAVIER, EUDOSIA JAVIER, ANAPURA JAVIER, AURORA JAVIER, DOMINADOR JAVIER and FRANKLIN JAVIER; and THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF CAVITE, respondents.

G.R. No. 106763 | 2001-05-09

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dismissing the petition to annul the decision of the Court of First Instance (CFI) of Cavite, Branch III,[2] in Reg. Case No. N-440, LRC Rec. No. 26961. This case stems from proceedings to annul a 1965 decision of the said land registration court which adjudicated to private respondents certain parcels of land.

The antecedents are as follows: On April 22, 1964, the Municipality of Bacoor, Cavite, represented by its Mayor, Pablo G. Sarino, sold Lot Nos. 317, 318, 330 and 356, Psu-164199, with an approximate combined area of 3.1437...