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Municipality of Pateros vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

MUNICIPALITY OF PATEROS, Petitioner,versus THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAKATI, THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, and THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 157714 | 2009-06-16

DECISION

NACHURA, J.:

Before this Court is a Petition[1] for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, seeking the reversal of the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision[2] dated January 22, 2003, which denied the appeal of petitioner Municipality of Pateros (Pateros) for undertaking a wrong mode of appeal. Subject of the appeal was the Order[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati City, Branch 139, dated June 14, 1996, which dismissed petitioner's complaint for lack of jurisdiction.

The Facts

The property subject of this case consists of portions of then Fort William McKinley, now known as Fort Bonifacio (subject...