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Bartola M. Vda De Tirona, et al. vs. Cirilo Encarnacion

BARTOLA M. VDA. DE TIRONA, CRISTINA T. DACANAY, ALFREDO M. TIRONA, MANUEL M. TIRONA, FERNANDO M. TIRONA, GLORIA T. LIBANG, MA. LUISA T. ONAS, EMILIANO M. TIRONA III, MARTINA T. ARNAN, RAMON M. TIRONA, LEONOR M. TIRONA, TEODORO D. TIRONA and GALLARDO D. TIRONA, Petitioners, versus CIRILO ENCARNACION, Respondent.

G.R. No. 168902 | 2007-09-28

D E C I S I O N
 

NACHURA, J.:

This petition seeks the reversal of the November 28, 2003 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 70412 affirming the April 6, 2000 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Imus, Cavite, Branch 22, in Civil Case No. 1193-95 which dismissed the accion publiciana filed by petitioners.

Brothers Teodoro and Benjamin Tirona , both now deceased, were co-owners of a tract of land located in Kawit, Cavite, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. (T-13391) RT-1883, which apparently consisted of two (2) lots, Lot No. 965 and Lot No. 966.

On October 3, 1959, Teodoro Tirona, with the...