Back

Catalina Jandoc-Gatdula vs. Julio Dimalanta

CATALINA JANDOC-GATDULA as Successor-in-Interest of the Late MANUELA JANDOC, petitioner, vs. JULIO DIMALANTA as Successor-in-Interest of VICENTA Vda. DE NATIVIDAD, respondent.

G.R. No. 139503 | 2006-07-25

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, CJ:

Under the peculiar factual circumstances of the present case, laches bars the recovery of a piece of real property, even if the mode of transfer used by an alleged member of a cultural minority lacks executive approval.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review [1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, challenging the November 25, 1998 Decision [2] and June 28, 1999 Resolution [3] rendered by the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR CV No. 47405. The dispositive portion of the assailed Decision reads as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the appeal is hereby DISMISSED. The decision of the Regional Trial Court of...