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Republic of the Philippines Vs. Cayetano L. Serrano, and Heirs of Catalino M. Alaan, represented by Paulita P. Allaan

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus CAYETANO L. SERRANO,[1] and HEIRS OF CATALINO M. ALAAN, represented by PAULITA P. ALAAN, Respondents

G.R. No. 183063 | 2010-02-24

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Respondent Cayetano L. Serrano (Cayetano) filed on September 21, 1988 before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Butuan City an application for registration,[2] docketed as LRC Case No. 270, over a 533-square meter parcel of commercial land known as Lot 249 ([on Plan Psu-157485] the lot), located in Poblacion Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte.

Cayetano claimed to have acquired the lot by inheritance from his deceased parents, Simeon Serrano (Simeon) and Agustina Luz; by virtue of a Deed of Exchange[3] dated February 10, 1961; and by a private deed of partition and extrajudicial settlement forged by him and...