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Municipality of Sta. Fe vs. Municipality of Aritao

MUNICIPALITY OF STA. FE, Petitioner, versus MUNICIPALITY OF ARITAO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 140474 | 2007-09-21

DECISION


AZCUNA, J.:

This is an appeal by petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court of the September 30, 1999 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) affirming in toto the August 27, 1992 Order[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Branch 28, which dismissed Civil Case No. 2821 for lack of jurisdiction.

On October 16, 1980, petitioner Municipality of Sta. Fe, in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, filed before the RTC of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Branch 28, Civil Case No. 2821 for the Determination of Boundary Dispute involving the barangays of Bantinan and Canabuan. As the parties failed to...