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Reynaldo Aguirre, et al vs CA, Elias Balitaan, et al

REYNALDO, TELESFORO, REMEDIOS, ALFREDO and BELEN, all surnamed AGUIRRE, VICENTA, HORACIO and FLORENCIO, all surnamed MAGTIBAY and LEONILA, CECILIA, ANTONIO, and VENANCIO, all surnamed MEDRANO, and ZOSIMA QUIAMBAO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and ELIAS, JOSE, ARSENIA and ROGELIO, all surnamed BALITAAN, and MARIA ROSALES, respondents.

G.R. No. 122249 | 2004-01-29

D E C I S I O N

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court seeking the reversal of the Decision[1] dated July 26, 1995 rendered by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 42350 which set aside the Decision[2] dated April 28, 1992 of the Regional Trial Court of Batangas City (Branch 2) in Civil Case No. 202,[3] and declared private respondents Heirs of Tiburcio Balitaan, as owners of the parcel of unregistered land with an approximate area of 1,695 square meters, located at Aplaya, Bauan, Batangas.

The facts of the case are as follows:

In his lifetime, Leocadio Medrano was...