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Floraida Tera?a Vs. Hon. Antonio De Sagun etc.

FLORAIDA TERA?A, Petitioner, versus HON. ANTONIO DE SAGUN, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH XIV, NASUGBU, BATANGAS AND ANTONIO B. SIMUANGCO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 152131 | 2009-04-29

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

The petitioner Floraida Terana (petitioner) asks us to reverse and set aside, through this Petition for Review on Certiorari,[1] the September 7, 2001 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA), and its subsequent Resolution[3] denying the petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

THE FACTS

The respondent Antonio Simuangco (respondent) owned a house and lot at 138 J.P. Laurel St., Nasugbu, Batangas, which he leased to the petitioner.[4] Sometime in 1996, the petitioner demolished the leased house and erected a new one in its place.[5] The respondent alleged that this was done without his consent.[6] The...