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THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF DAVAO, represented by BENJAMIN C. DE GUZMAN, the incumbent City Mayor of Davao City vs JULIANA MONTEVERDE-CONSUNJI AND TOMAS A. MONTEVERDE, JR.

THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF DAVAO, represented by BENJAMIN C. DE GUZMAN, the incumbent City Mayor of Davao City, petitioner, vs. JULIANA MONTEVERDE-CONSUNJI AND TOMAS A. MONTEVERDE, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 136825 | 2001-05-21

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, Seventeenth Division, reversing the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 11, Davao City in Civil Case No. 22, 711-94 which upheld the ownership by the City of Davao of over more than seven hectares of prime real estate, commonly known as the "PTA Grounds," in the heart of the city.

On March 13, 1923, the then Court of First Instance of Davao issued Decree No. 150336 in Land Registration Case No. 170 by virtue of an application for land registration. Pursuant to the said decree, Original Certificate of Title No....