Back

Damaso Sebastian And Tomasa Cardenas vs Hon. Horacio R. Morales, Secretary Of The Department Of Agrarian Reform, Leonila Sarenas[1], Josephine Sarenas-Dayrit, Evangeline Sarenas, Estrelita Sarenas Tan, Cecilio Marcos Sarenas, Manuel Del Sarenas, Daisy Rita Sarenas, And Joy Sarenas

DAMASO SEBASTIAN and TOMASA CARDENAS, petitioners, vs. HON. HORACIO R. MORALES, Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform, LEONILA SARENAS[1], JOSEPHINE SARENAS-DAYRIT, EVANGELINE SARENAS, ESTRELITA SARENAS TAN, CECILIO MARCOS SARENAS, MANUEL DEL SARENAS, DAISY RITA SARENAS, and JOY SARENAS, respondents.

G.R. No. 141116 | 2003-02-17

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal by certiorari is the decision[2] of the Court of Appeals dated March 9, 1999 in CA-G.R. SP No. 51288, which dismissed petitioners' special civil action for certiorari and prohibition on the ground that petitioners pursued the wrong mode of appeal. Equally assailed is the resolution[3] of the appellate court dated December 10, 1999, which denied petitioners' motion for reconsideration.

The facts, as gleaned from the record, are as follows:

Private respondents Leonila Sarenas, Josephine Sarenas-Dayrit, Evangeline Sarenas, Estrellita Sarenas Tan, Cecilio Marcos Sarenas, Manuel Gil Sarenas, Daisy...