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Joven De Grano, etc., Vs. Gregorio Lacaba

JOVEN DE GRANO, represented by Venus P. de Grano, Ernesto H. Malabanan, and Simplicia D. Malabanan, Petitioner, versus GREGORIO LACABA, Respondent.

G.R. No. 158877 | 2009-06-16

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 67852 dated October 16, 2002 and Resolution dated June 18, 2003. This decision reversed the uniform decisions of the municipal and regional trial courts dismissing a forcible entry case filed by respondent Gregorio Lacaba. The antecedents of the petition are as follows:

Respondent Gregorio Lacaba[2] claims that he is the owner of two adjacent parcels of land, located in Barangay Niugan, Laurel, Batangas and identified as Cadastral Lot Nos. 6916 and 6917 in Survey No. REI-041011-001184. Lot No. 6916...