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Philippine National Bank (PNB) vs. Banatao and Carag

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, Petitioner, versus MARCELINO BANATAO, ROSA BANATAO, VICTORINA B. CADANGAN, AVELINO BANATAO, ROSALINDA B. GUMABAY, EDNA B. CALUCAG, CATALINA BANATAO, ABDON BANATAO, GELACIO BANATAO, CONSTANCIO BANATAO, DOMINGO BANATAO, RICHARD BANATAO, ARNOLD BANATAO, SALVACION BANATAO, LANIE BANATAO, VIVIAN BANATAO, ALVIN BANATAO, ROLAND BANATAO, FE SACQUING, MAXIMO SACQUING, POMPEO BANTAO, ANNIE MALUPENG, BONG MALUPENG, EDILBERTO BANGAYAN, EVANGELINE BANGAYAN, ELPIDIO BANGAYAN, MARLIN PAMITTAN, LOIDA PAMITTAN, VICENTE PAMITTAN, MICHAEL PAMITTAN, EDGARDO PAMITTAN, LORINA BANATAO, ASSISTED BY HUSBAND WILLY BANATAO, MARAVITA BANATAO, PAULINA BANATAO ASSISTED BY HUSBAND DOMINGO CUNTAPAY, JULIETA BANATAO, ROSITA PAMITTAN ASSISTED BY HUSBAND SALVADOR BANATO, AND ELENA BANATAO, Plaintiffs-Respondents, and MARCIANO CARAG, EUGENIO SORIANO, MARIA CAUILAN, PEDRO SORIANO, PAZ TACACAY, BENJAMIN TACACAY, FAUSTA AGUSTIN, MILAGAROS B. CARAG, Defendants-Respondents.

G.R. No. 149221 | 2009-04-07

D E C I S I O N

BRION, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari[1] brings into focus: (1) the effect of a compromise agreement entered into by some, but not all, of the parties to a litigation, and its effect on the non-participating litigants; and (2) the prohibition against the encumbrance, within the same periods prescribed by law, of lands granted under homestead patent.

The facts as culled from the records are outlined below.

On November 16, 1962, Banatao, et al. (plaintiffs-respondents) initiated an action docketed as Civil Case No. 1600 against Marciano Carag (one of the defendants-respondents) before the Regional Trial Court (RTC),...