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Josephine A. Taguinod, et al. vs. CA, et al

JOSEPHINE A. TAGUINOD and VIC A. AGUILA, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS, ANTONINO SAMANIEGO, JOSE DELA CRUZ, JOHN SAMANIEGO, ERNESTO SANTOS, MACARIO DELA CRUZ, ANDRES PASTORIN, BENETRITO DELA CRUZ, JESUS BATAC, and RODOLFO LAGUISMA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 154654 | 2007-09-14

D E C I S I O N
 

VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

Were the petitioners able to prove that their lots were previously covered by homestead patents and thus outside the ambit of Presidential Decree No. (PD) 27[1] known as the Tenants Emancipation Decree? This is the core issue in this instant petition[2] under Rule 45 assailing the August 31, 2001 Decision[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 36812, which reversed and set aside the January 1, 1995 Decision[4] of the Office of the President (OP) in O.P. Case No. 5113, granting the retention of not more than seven (7) hectares in favor of petitioners. Likewise challenged is the August...