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Heirs of Jose Extremadura vs. Manuel Extremadura

HEIRS OF JOSE EXTREMADURA, represented by ELENA H. EXTREMADURA, Petitioners, vs. MANUEL EXTREMADURA and MARLON EXTREMADURA,1 Respondents. Present: SERENO, CJ., Chairperson, LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, BERSAMIN, PERLAS-BERNABE, and CAGUIOA, JJ.

G.R. No. 211065 | 2016-06-15

DECISION
 
PERLAS -BERNABE, J.:

Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari2 are the Decision3 dated September 24, 2013 and the Resolution4 dated December 12, 2013 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 99082, which reversed the Decision5 dated November 23, 2011 of the Regional Trial Court of Sorsogon City, Branch 52 (RTC) in Civil Case No. 2005-7552 declaring Jose Extremadura (Jose) as the rightful owner of the land occupied by respondents Manuel and Marlon Extremadura (respondents).

The Facts

Jose, now deceased,6 filed Civil Case No. 2005-7552 for quieting of title with recovery of possession, rendition of accounting, and...