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ANSELMO TAGHOY AND THE LATE VICENTA T. APA, SUBSTITUTED BY HER HEIRS, NAMELY, MANUEL T. APA, NICASIO T. APA, DELFIN T. APA, ALMA A. JACALAN, ARLENE A. SUMALINOG, AIDA A. ARONG, ELENA A. COSEP, ALFREDO T. APA, ISABELO T. APA, JR., ISABELO T. APA III, SHERWIN T. APA, AND FLORITO T. APA, PETITIONERS, VS. SPS. FELIXBERTO TIGOL, JR. AND ROSITA TIGOL, RESPONDENTS.

ANSELMO TAGHOY AND THE LATE VICENTA T. APA, SUBSTITUTED BY HER HEIRS, NAMELY, MANUEL T. APA, NICASIO T. APA, DELFIN T. APA, ALMA A. JACALAN, ARLENE A. SUMALINOG, AIDA A. ARONG, ELENA A. COSEP, ALFREDO T. APA, ISABELO T. APA, JR., ISABELO T. APA III, SHERWIN T. APA, AND FLORITO T. APA, PETITIONERS, VS. SPS. FELIXBERTO TIGOL, JR. AND ROSITA TIGOL, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 159665 | 2010-08-03

 
THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
We resolve the present petition for review on certiorari[1] filed by petitioners Anselmo Taghoy and the heirs of Vicenta T. Apa (petitioners) to challenge the decision[2] and the resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 54385.[4]  The CA decision set aside the decision[5] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 27, Lapu-lapu City in Civil Case No. 2247.  The CA resolution denied the petitioners' subsequent motion for reconsideration.
 
FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The facts of the case, gathered from the records, are briefly...