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Seventh Day Adventist Conference Church of Southern Philippines, Inc., et al. vs. Northeastern Mindanao Mission of Seventh Day Adventist, Inc., et al

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CONFERENCE CHURCH OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES, INC., and/or represented by MANASSEH C. ARRANGUEZ, BRIGIDO P. GULAY, FRANCISCO M. LUCENARA, DIONICES O. TIPGOS, LORESTO C. MURILLON, ISRAEL C. NINAL, GEORGE G. SOMOSOT, JESSIE T. ORBISO, LORETO PAEL and JOEL BACUBAS, Petitioners, versus NORTHEASTERN MINDANAO MISSION OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST, INC., and/or represented by JOSUE A. LAYON, WENDELL M. SERRANO, FLORANTE P. TY and JETHRO CALAHAT and/or SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH [OF] NORTHEASTERN MINDANAO MISSION,* Respondents.

G.R. No. 150416 | 2006-07-21

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CORONA, J.: 

This petition for review on certiorari assails the Court of Appeals (CA) decision[1] and resolution[2] in CA-G.R. CV No. 41966 affirming, with modification, the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bayugan, Agusan del Sur, Branch 7 in Civil Case No. 63. 

This case involves a 1,069 sq. m. lot covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 4468 in Bayugan, Agusan del Sur originally owned by Felix Cosio and his wife, Felisa Cuysona. 

On April 21, 1959, the spouses Cosio donated the land to the South Philippine Union Mission of Seventh Day Adventist Church of...