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Rodolfo Arzaga and Francis Arzaga vs Salvacion Copias and Prudencio Calandria

RODOLFO ARZAGA and FRANCIS ARZAGA, petitioners, vs. SALVACION COPIAS and PRUDENCIO CALANDRIA, respondents.

G.R. No. 152404 | 2003-03-28

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

The core issue at bar is the jurisdiction of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) over a dispute involving a parcel of land identified as Lot No. 5198, located at Inabasan, San Jose, Antique, measuring approximately 20,521 square meters and declared in the name of petitioners' father, Dalmacio Arzaga under Tax Declaration No. 0245.[1]

On February 28, 1996, the petitioners filed with the Regional Trial Court of San Jose, Antique, Branch 11, a complaint for recovery of possession and damages against the private respondents.[2] They contended that they are the co-owners of Lot...