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Spouses Nicetas Delos Santos, Timoteo Antolin, Aurora Pegollo, & Benjamin Mariano vs. CA, 12th Division, & Maunlad Homes, Inc.

SPOUSES NICETAS DELOS SANTOS, TIMOTEO ANTOLIN, AURORA PEGOLLO, and BENJAMIN MARIANO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, 12th DIVISION, and MAUNLAD HOMES, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 127465 | 2001-10-25

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The Case

The case is an appeal via certiorari from the decision of the Court of Appeals[1] affirming that of the trial court finding that petitioners were not bona fide lessees of the land but usurpers or deforciants, neither legitimate tenants nor residents who had legally occupied the land by contract, hence, they could not avail themselves of P. D. No. 1517 (Section 6) giving legitimate tenants the right of first refusal.

The Facts

The facts, as found by the Court of Appeals, are as follows:

On April 13, 1989, Maunlad Homes, Inc. (Maunlad) filed a complaint for recovery of possession against Timoteo...