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Justino Laresma vs Antonio Abellana

JUSTINO LARESMA, Petitioner, versus ANTONIO P. ABELLANA, Respondent.

G.R. No. 140973 | 2004-11-11

D E C I S I O N





CALLEJO, SR., J.:





On May 24, 1994, respondent Antonio P. Abellana filed a Complaint with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Toledo, Cebu, Branch 29, against petitioner Justino Laresma, a farmer, for recovery of possession of Lot 4-E of subdivision plan psd. 271428, a parcel of agricultural land located in Tampa-an, Aloguinsan, Cebu. The lot had an area of 21,223 square meters covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 47171. He alleged, inter alia, that since 1985, the petitioner had been a lessee of a certain Socorro Chiong, whose agricultural land adjoined his own; and that sometime in 1985, the...