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Modesto Palali Vs. Juliet Awisan, represented by her Attorney-in-fact Gregorio Awisan

MODESTO PALALI, Petitioner, versus JULIET AWISAN, represented by her Attorney-in-Fact GREGORIO AWISAN, Respondent

G.R. No. 158385 | 2010-02-12

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

A person occupying a parcel of land, by himself and through his predecessors-in-interest, enjoys the presumption of ownership. Anyone who desires to remove him from the property must overcome such presumption by relying solely on the strength of his claims rather than on the weakness of the defense.

This Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assails the September 27, 2002 Decision[2] and the April 25, 2003 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 52942. The challenged Decision disposed as follows:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the assailed...