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Del Rosario-Igtiben, et al. vs. Republic and Court of Appeals

LUNINGNING P. DEL ROSARIO-IGTIBEN, JOSE REYES IGTIBEN, JOSE DEL ROSARIO IGTIBEN, JR. and THERESA TOPACIO MEDINA, Petitioners, versus REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE COURT OF APPEALS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 158449 | 2004-10-22

D E C I S I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assails the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 68546,[1] which set aside the decision of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Silang-Amadeo Cavite in LRC Case No. 98-133 (LRA Record No. N-69787)[2] and dismissed petitioners' application for registration of a parcel of land.

On 08 January 1998, petitioners filed with the trial court an application for registration of land under Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1529, otherwise known as the Property Registration Decree. The application covered a parcel of land with an...