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Bote vs. San Pedro Cineplex Properties Corporation

VIRGILIO BOTE, Petitioner, versus SAN PEDRO CINEPLEX PROPERTIES CORPORATION, Respondent.

G.R. No. 180675 | 2009-07-27

R E S O L U T I O N


CORONA, J.:

On June 21, 2006, respondent San Pedro Cineplex Properties Corporation filed a complaint for forcible entry[1] in the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of San Pedro, Laguna, Branch 2.

Respondent asserted that it owned several contiguous properties (with a total area of 74,847 sq.m.) covered by TCT Nos. 309608, 309609 and 309610[2] in Barangay Landayan, San Pedro, Laguna. It purchased the said land from La Paz Housing (LPH) in 1994 and had been leasing out the premises to De la Rosa Transit which operated a bus terminal therein.

Respondent further claimed that its peaceful and uninterrupted possession of the said...