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Heirs of Leticia Lopez-Cuevas rep by Emilio Aytona, Jr. Vs. Republic of the Phil.

HEIRS OF LETICIA LOPEZ-CUEVAS, represented by EMILIO AYTONA, JR., Petitioners, versus REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 170539 | 2008-07-09

D E C I S I O N


Tinga, J.:

This Petition[1] before the Court, dated 9 December 2005 assails the Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals dated 28 February 2005, which declared null and void the new owner's duplicate certificate of title issued in favor of petitioners, and its Resolution[3] dated 27 October 2005 which denied reconsideration.

The facts are as follows:

On 5 December 2001, petitioners, Heirs of Leticia Lopez-Cuevas, represented by Emilio Aytona, Jr. (Aytona), filed with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Labo, Camarines Norte, Branch 64 a Petition[4] for the issuance of a new owner's duplicate copy of Transfer Certificate of...