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Marilla Cavile, De la Cruz, et al vs Heirs of Clarita Cavile, et al

MARILLA MAYANG CAVILE, DON C. DELA CRUZ, JOSE C. DELA CRUZ, JR., SOLON C. DELA CRUZ, JAMELA CAVILE BACOLINAO, HENRIETTA GELLEGANI CAVILE, BERNARDO CAVILE, LAWRENCE CAVILE, FRANCIS CAVILE REEVES, ROY CAVILE, PRIMITIVO CAVILE, JR., NATIVIDAD CAVILE MINGOY, AGUSTIN CAVILE, DIANA ROSE CAVILE DELA ROSA, THOMAS GEORGE CAVILE, SR., HENRY CAVILE, MANUEL AARON CAVILE, ALEXANDER CAVILE, WILFREDO CAVILE, FE CAVILE DAGUIO, and HOPE CAVILE ARCHER, petitioners, vs. HEIRS OF CLARITA CAVILE, ULPIANO CAVILE, PLACIDA CAVILE, GREGORIO CAVILE, FORTUNATA CAVILE, AMILITA CAVILE, APAD CAVILE, AQUILINA CAVILE, CRESENCIO CAVILE, ALMA CAVILE, JESUS CAVILE, ROMAN BANTILAN, GREGORIO BANTILAN, FELOMINA PAREJA, ESPERANZA PAREJA, DIONESA PAREJA, TEODULO TACANG, RAMONA TACANG, FABIAN TACANG, COSME TACANG, CRESENCIO TACANG, CONSOLACION TACANG, TERESITA TACANG, PRIMITIVO TACANG, LEODEGARIO TACANG, BRENDA MAPUTI, LORNA MAPUTI, ADELINA MAPUTI, SUSAN MAPUTI, LOURDES MAPUTI, FRANKLIN MAPUTI, SALLY MAPUTI, JESUS MAPUTI, FRANCISCO MAPUTI, VICTORIO SUNLIT, BARTOLOME SUNLIT, TEOFILO SUNLIT, TIBURCIO SUNLIT, TITO SUNLIT, ASUNCION SUNLIT, CATALINA SUNLIT, RAYMONDA SUNLIT, ISIDRO SUNLIT, ROSAL GALAN, FRANCISCO GALAN, ROMUALDO QUIANZO, JUSTO QUIANZO, LEONIDAD QUIANZO, JULITA QUIANZO, SOCORRO QUIANZO, MARGARITO QUIANZO, CASTOR QUIANZO, JUSTINA LITANIA, GENOVEVA LITANIA, FELICIDAD LITANIA, BIENVENIDO CAVILE, REPELITO GALON, FELOMENA NAVARRA, IRENE NAVARRA, RAYMUNDO NAVARRA, PEDRO NAVARRA, ESTELA NAVARRA, CLEMENCIA NAVARRA, FORTUNATA NAVARRA, LOURDES NAVARRA, VICTORIANO NAVARRA, EUSTAQUIO LUYAS, and FORTUNATA LUYAS, respondents.

G.R. No. 148635 | 2003-04-01

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

This is a petition for review of the Decision of the Court of Appeals dated December 21, 2000 in CA-G.R. CV. No. 36617 entitled "Heirs of Clarita Cavili,* et al. vs. Heirs of Perfecta Cavili, et al." reversing the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Dumaguete City, Branch 36 in Civil Case No. 6880 for Partition, Accounting and Damages, and its Resolution dated June 28, 2001 denying the motion for reconsideration.

This case has its roots in the complaint filed by the respondents against the petitioners for partition of the properties left by their common ascendant, Bernardo Cavili.

It appears that Bernardo...