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IDA C. LABAGALA vs. NICOLASA T. SANTIAGO, AMANDA T. SANTIAGO and HON. CA

IDA C. LABAGALA, petitioner, vs. NICOLASA T. SANTIAGO, AMANDA T. SANTIAGO and HON. COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 132305 | 2001-12-04

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari seeks to annul the decision dated March 4, 1997,[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 32817, which reversed and set aside the judgment dated October 17, 1990,[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 54, in Civil Case No. 87-41515, finding herein petitioner to be the owner of 1/3 pro indiviso share in a parcel of land.

The pertinent facts of the case, as borne by the records, are as follows:

Jose T. Santiago owned a parcel of land covered by TCT No. 64729, located in Rizal Avenue Extension, Sta. Cruz, Manila. Alleging that Jose had fraudulently...