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Teodora Capacete vs Venancia Baroro, MTC, et al

TEODORA A. CAPACETE and RODOLFO CAPACETE, petitioners, vs. VENANCIA BARORO, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT CABUYAO, LAGUNA* and PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF LAGUNA stationed at BI?AN, LAGUNA, respondents.

G.R. No. 154184 | 2003-07-08

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari assailing two Resolutions, dated November 28, 2001 and July 3, 2002, respectively, of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 67557.

Since 1956, petitioners Capacetes have been in possession of a parcel of land subject of the present controversy. The land, identified as Lot 88, Cad No. 455-D, is located at Barangay Marinig, Cabuyao, Laguna and has an area of about nine hundred nine square meters (909 sq.m.). On November 3, 1975, respondent Venancia Baroro applied for free patent over it with the Bureau of Lands. Her application, opposed by the petitioners, was...