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RP vs CA, Florentino Ceniza, et al

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, FLORENTINO CENIZA, SANTIAGO CENIZA, ESTANISLAO CENIZA, ROMEO SIMBAJON, PABLO RAMOS, ATILANO BONGO, EDGAR ADOLFO, EMMA ADOLFO, JERRY ADOLFO, GLENN ADOLFO, GINA ADOLFO, LORNA ADOLFO, CHONA ADOLFO, EVELYN ADOLFO, in her own behalf and as guardian of the minors HUBERT and AMIEL ADOLFO, and ELNITA ADOLFO in her own behalf and as guardian of minors DAVID and PRESTINE MAY ADOLFO, respondents.

G.R. No. 127060 | 2002-11-19

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision[1] dated September 28, 1994, of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 31728, affirming the decision[2] in LRC Case No. N-46 of the Regional Trial Court in Mandaue City, Branch XXVIII, which declared private respondents as the owners entitled to the registration of the lots in question.

The antecedent facts of the case are as follows:

Apolinar Ceniza was the declared owner in 1948 of Lot No. 1104, located at Cabancalan, Mandaue City, under Tax Declaration No. 01686. When he died, his heirs took possession of the property and in 1960...