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Sps. Tan Sing Pan, et al. vs. Republic of the Philippines

SPS. TAN SING PAN and MAGDALENA S. VERANGA, Petitioners, versus REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 149114 | 2006-07-21

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

GARCIA, J.: 

Assailed and sought to be set aside in this petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is the Decision[1] dated February 23, 2001 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 55325, as reiterated in its Resolution[2] of July 20, 2001, reversing an earlier decision of the 7th Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Atimonan-Plaridel, Quezon, acting as a special land registration court, which confirmed petitioners' title to Lot No. 18009 in Cadastral Case No. 67, LRC GLRO Rec. No. 1026. 

The facts: 

Sometime in 1931, the Director of Lands, acting for and in behalf...