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HEIRS OF ERNESTO BIONA, NAMELY: EDITHA B. BLANCAFLOR, MARIANITA D. DE JESUS, VILMA B. BLANCAFLOR, ELSIE B. RAMOS and PERLITA B. CARMEN vs THE CA and LEOPOLDO HILAJOS

HEIRS OF ERNESTO BIONA, NAMELY: EDITHA B. BLANCAFLOR, MARIANITA D. DE JESUS, VILMA B. BLANCAFLOR, ELSIE B. RAMOS and PERLITA B. CARMEN, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and LEOPOLDO HILAJOS, respondents.

G.R. No. 105647.* | 2001-07-31

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Decision of the Court of Appeals dated March 31, 1992, reversing the decision of the Regional Trial Court, 11th Judicial region, Branch 26, Surallah, South Cotabato and the Resolution dated May 26, 1992, denying the subsequent motion for reconsideration.

Quoting from the decision of the Court of Appeals, the antecedent facts are as follows:

On October 23, 1953, the late Ernesto Biona, married to plaintiff-appellee Soledad Biona, was awarded Homestead Patent No. V-840 over the property subject of this suit, a parcel of agricultural land...