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Republic of the Philippines vs. Looyuko

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PETITIONER, VS. ALBERTO LOOYUKO, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF NOAH'S ARK SUGAR HOLDINGS AND WILSON T. GO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 170966 | 2016-06-22

D E C I S I O N
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
The Case

Before this Court is a Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure assailing the Decision[1] dated 23 December 2005, of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 66052. In that case, the CA affirmed the Decision,[2] dated 26 November 1999, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 57, Makati City, dismissing the complaint of petitioner for Recovery of Possession of Personal Property and Damages with Prayer for Replevin.
 
The Facts

The antecedent facts of this case, as found by the trial court and adopted by the CA, are as follows:

Due to the sugar crisis in 1985, former...