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Gaudencio Valerio, et al. vs. Vicenta Refresca, et al

GAUDENCIO VALERIO for himself and as attorney-in-fact of BIENVENIDO VALERIO, CONRADO VALERIO, DIONISIO VALERIO, EFEPANIA VALERIO and CARLOTA DE LEON VALENZUELA, Petitioners, vs. VICENTA REFRESCA, MARIANO[1] REFRESCA, DOMINGO REFRESCA, REMEDIOS REFRESCA, OLY REFRESCA, LALET REFRESCA and BENITO REFRESCA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 163687 | 2006-03-28



SECOND DIVISION
D E C I S I O N 

PUNO, J.: 

Narciso Valerio, married to Nieves Valerio, owned two (2) adjacent agricultural lots in Calamba, Laguna, with a total area of 6.5 hectares. One of these lots, Lot 428, was a four-hectare land. A portion thereof, consisting of 511 sq. m. and known as Lot 428-A, is the subject of the petition in the case at bar. 

It is undisputed that as early as 1963, spouses Alejandro and Vicenta Refresca started cultivating the 6.5-hectare land as tenants. In 1968, Narciso Valerio acquired ownership over the land. The tenancy relations between the Valerios and Refrescas were established and their...