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Maria Alvarez Vda. De Delgado, Catalina Delgado, et al., vs. Hon. C.A. & R.P.

MARIA ALVAREZ VDA. DE DELGADO, CATALINA C. DELGADO, NATIVIDAD D. CLUTARIO, ANTONIA DELGADO, FLORINTINO DELGADO, PACIENCIA D. CAZORLA, GLORIA D. SOTIANGCO, JOSE DELGADO, JR., MARLENE D. SENNER, JOEL DELGADO, MARISSA DELGADO, JESUS DELGADO, JANICE DELGADO, VICTORINO DELGADO, and JUAN DELGADO, petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 125728 | 2001-08-28

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition assails the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 36923 dated June 14, 1996, which reversed the decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court, of Catarman, Northern Samar, Branch 19, in a case originally involving reconveyance of property with damages between the Delgado family members as plaintiffs and the Republic of the Philippines as defendant.

The following facts appear on the record:

During his lifetime, Carlos Delgado was the absolute owner of a parcel of land with an area of 692,549 square meters, situated in the Municipality of Catarman, Samar. On October 5, 1936, said...