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Rogelia Daclag, et al. Vs. Elino Macahilig, et al.

ROGELIA DACLAG and ADELINO DACLAG (deceased), substituted by RODEL M. DACLAG, and ADRIAN M. DACLAG, Petitioners, versus ELINO MACAHILIG, ADELA MACAHILIG, CONRADO MACAHILIG, LORENZA HABER and BENITA DEL ROSARIO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 159578 | 2009-02-18

R E S O L U T I O N


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Before us is petitioners' Motion for Reconsideration of our Decision dated July 28, 2008 where we affirmed the Decision dated October 17, 2001 and the Resolution dated August 7, 2003 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 48498.

Records show that while the land was registered in the name of petitioner Rogelia in 1984, respondents' complaint for reconveyance was filed in 1991, which was within the 10-year prescriptive period.

We ruled that since petitioners bought the property when it was still an unregistered land, the defense of having purchased the property in good faith is...