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Gabriel Duero vs CA, And Bernardo Eradel

GABRIEL L. DUERO, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, and BERNARDO A. ERADEL, respondents.

G.R. No. 131282 | 2002-01-04

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for certiorari assails the Decision[1] dated September 17, 1997, of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. SP No. 2340- UDK, entitled Bernardo Eradel vs. Hon. Ermelino G. Andal, setting aside all proceedings in Civil Case No. 1075, Gabriel L. Duero vs. Bernardo Eradel, before the Branch 27 of the Regional Trial Court of Tandag, Surigao del Sur.

The pertinent facts are as follows:

Sometime in 1988, according to petitioner, private respondent Bernardo Eradel[2] entered and occupied petitioner's land covered by Tax Declaration No. A-16-13-302, located in Baras, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur. As...