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Heirs of Marcela Salonga Bituin vs. Teofilo Caoleng, et al

HEIRS OF MARCELA SALONGA BITUIN, Petitioners, versus TEOFILO CAOLENG, SR., GONZALO CAOLENG, JUANA CAOLENG, ANGELA CAOLENG, JOSE GOZUM, ROSITA GOZUM, EUFROCINA GOZUM, LOURDES GOZUM, EPIFANIA GOZUM, CRESENCIA GOZUM, INES GOZUM, NICOLAS GOZUM, CARMEN GOZUM, GORGONIO GOZUM, BERNARDO SALONGA, ARCELI SALONGA, JULIANA SALONGA, ERLINDA SALONGA, VICENTE SALONGA, LYDIA SALONGA, FERNANDA SALONGA, and AGUIDO SALONGA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 157567 | 2007-08-10

                                          D E C I S I O N


AZCUNA, J.:


This petition for review on certiorari assails the June 20, 2002 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 54684, which reversed the March 13, 1996 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Guagua, Pampanga, Branch 49, in Civil Case No. G-2107, as well as the May 18, 2003 Resolution[3] denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration.

The facts of the case, as culled from the records, are:

Two parcels of land were originally owned by siblings...