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Spouses Alcantara vs. Spouses Ananias

SPOUSES ELVIRA ALCANTARA AND EDWIN ALCANTARA, Petitioners, Vs. SPOUSES FLORANTE BELEN AND ZENAIDA ANANIAS, THE PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STA. CRUZ, LAGUNA, and THE CITY ASSESSOR OF SAN PABLO CITY, Respondents. Present: SERENO, CJ, Chairperson, LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, DEL CASTILLO, PERLAS-BERNABE, and CAGUIOA, JJ.

G.R. No. 200204 | 2017-04-25

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Baguio City
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
SERENO, CJ:
 
Before this Court is a Rule 45 Petition1 assailing the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision and Resolution,2 which reversed the Decision3 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC). The RTC granted the entreaty of petitioner spouses Elvira and Edwin Alcantara for the quieting of title and reconveyance of possession of Lot No. 16932 occupied by respondent spouses Florante Belen and Zenaida Ananias.
 
ACTS OF THE CASE
 
In 2005, Spouses Alcantara filed before the RTC a Complaint4 against Spouses Belen for the quieting of title,...