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Reyes, et al. vs. Calumpang. et al.

HEIRS OF CIPRIANO REYES: RICARDO REYES, DAYLINDA REYES, BEATRIZ REYES, JULIAN CUECO, ESPERANSA REYES, VICTORINO REYES, AND JOVITO REYES, Petitioners, versus JOSE CALUMPANG, GEOFFREY CALUMPANG, AGAPITO AGALA, LORENZO MANABAN, RESTITUTO MANABAN, OLYMPIA MANABAN, PELAGIA MANABAN AND FELIPE CUECO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 138463 | 2006-10-30

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
VELASCO, JR., J.: 
 
Say not you know another entirely, 
'til you have divided an inheritance with him. 
--Johann Kaspar Lavater 
 
Can a party who lost rights of ownership in a parcel of land due to laches be allowed to regain such ownership when one who benefited from the delay waives such benefit? This is the core issue to be resolved from this Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] that seeks to set aside the January 26, 1999 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR CV No. 54795 which overturned the April 2, 1996 Decision of the Dumaguete City Regional...