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RP vs El Gobierno de las Islas Filipinas, et al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus EL GOBIERNO DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS, Contra, ENEMESIA ACASO, ET AL., Reclamantes, SEVERIANA GACHO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 142284 | 2005-06-08

D E C I S I O N 


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: 

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari seeking the reversal of the decision[1] dated February 29, 2000 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 56966 which affirmed in toto the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 54, Lapu-Lapu City[2] granting reconstitution of title for Lot No. 1499 in the name of Tirso Tumulak, married to Engracia Pongasi. 

On June 21, 1995, respondent Severiana Gacho[3] filed a petition for reconstitution of lost certificate of title before the RTC, Lapu-Lapu City. Her petition alleged the following: 

1. That Petitioner Severiana Gacho,...