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Heirs of Concha Sr. vs. Spouses Lumocso

HEIRS OF VALERIANO S. CONCHA, SR. NAMELY: TERESITA CONCHA-PARAN, VALERIANO P. CONCHA, JR., RAMON P. CONCHA, EDUARDO P. CONCHA, REPRESENTED BY HIS LEGAL GUARDIAN, REYNALDO P. CONCHA, ALBERTO P. CONCHA, BERNARDO P. CONCHA and GLORIA P. CONCHA-NUNAG, Petitioners, versus SPOUSES GREGORIO J. LUMOCSO[1] and BIENVENIDA GUYA, CRISTITA J. LUMOCSO VDA. DE DAAN, AND SPOUSES JACINTO J. LUMOCSO and BALBINA T. LUMOCSO,[2] Respondents.

G.R. No. 158121 | 2007-12-12

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, C.J.:

On appeal by certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court are the decision[3] and resolution[4] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 59499, annulling the resolutions[5] and order[6] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Dipolog City, Branch 9, in Civil Case Nos. 5188, 5433 and 5434 which denied the separate motions to dismiss and Joint Motion for Reconsideration filed by the respondents.

The relevant facts are undisputed.

Petitioners, heirs of spouses Dorotea and Valeriano Concha, Sr., claim to be the rightful owners of Lot No. 6195 (Civil Case No. 5188), a one-hectare portion of Lot No. 6196-A...