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Heirs of Laurora vs Sterling Technopark III and S.P. Properties

HEIRS OF PEDRO LAURORA and LEONORA LAURORA, petitioners, vs. STERLING TECHNOPARK III and S.P. PROPERTIES, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 146815 | 2003-04-09

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

The owners of a property have no authority to use force and violence to eject alleged usurpers who were in prior physical possession of it. They must file the appropriate action in court and should not take the law into their own hands.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to set aside the June 27, 2000 Decision[2] and the January 22, 2001 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals[4] (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 54667. The dispositive part of the Decision reads:

"WHEREFORE, the [P]etition is GRANTED and the RTC [D]ecision dated 06 May 1999 and the RTC [O]rder...