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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SPS. JOSE CASTUERA AND PERLA CASTUERA, RESPONDENTS.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. SPS. JOSE CASTUERA AND PERLA CASTUERA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 203384 | 2015-01-14

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case
 
This is a petition1 for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court. The petition challenges the 26 March 2012 Decision2 and 14 August 2012 Resolution3 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 85015, affirming the 31 January 2005 Decision4 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 70, Iba, Zambales, in Land Registration Case No. RTC-N-92-I and denying the motion for reconsideration, respectively.

The Facts
 
Andres Valiente owned a 3,135-square meter land in Barangay Siminublan, San Narciso, Zambales. In 1978, he sold the property to...