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Teston vs. DBP

ROMEO TESTON, represented by Conrado Colarina, Petitioner, versus DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, and SECRETARY OF AGRARIAN REFORM, Respondents.

G.R. No. 144374 | 2005-11-11

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, assailing the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated March 9, 2000 in CA-G.R. SP No. 40609 which sustained the Order dated March 13, 1996 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 48, Masbate, Masbate 

(RTC) dismissing Special Civil Case (SCC) No. 4243; and the CA Resolution dated August 4, 2000, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration. 

The factual background of the case is as follows: 

On November 3, 1993, petitioner Romeo Teston, through his attorney-in-fact, Conrado Colarina...