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Sps Anacleto Mauricio and Avelina Carigma vs CA, RP, et al

SPS. ANACLETO MAURICIO and AVELINA CARIGMA, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS (Fourteenth Division), REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES and Heirs of ANTONINA OLIVEROS, Heirs of CRISTETA OLIVEROS, Heirs of THE LATE EXEQUIEL OLIVEROS AND SEVERINA OLIVEROS, and Heirs of FILOMENA OLIVEROS, respondents.

G.R. No. 139950 | 2002-12-04

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari assailing the September 2, 1999 decision of the Court of Appeals affirming the decision of Branch 73 of the Regional Trial Court of Antipolo, Rizal,[1] which found misrepresentations in petitioners' free patent application. The RTC ordered the cancellation of said free patent, consequently reverting the subject property to the mass of public domain.

The pertinent facts are as follows.

Spouses Sotero and Fausta Oliveros died in 1934 and 1935, respectively, leaving several parcels of land, one of which was an unregistered 43,378 square-meter lot, otherwise known...