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Heirs of Villanueva vs. Heirs of Mendoza et al.

HEIRS OF TERESITA VILLANUEVA, SUBSTITUTED BY HER LEGAL HEIRS, NAMELY: ELSA ANA VILLANUEVA, LEONILA VILLANUEVA, TERESITA VILLANUEVA-SIPIN, FERDINAND VILLANUEVA, AND MARISSA VILLANUEVA-MADRIAGA, PETITIONERS, VS. HEIRS OF PETRONILA SYQUIA MENDOZA, REPRESENTED BY MILAGROS PACIS, AND THE CO-HEIRS OF PETRONILA SYQUIA-MENDOZA, NAMELY, TOMAS S. QUIRINO, REPRESENTED BY SOCORRO QUIRINO, VICTORIA Q. DEGADO, CESAR SYQUIA, JUAN J. SYQUIA, REPRESENTED BY CARLOTA (NENITA) C. SYQUIA, AND HECTOR SYQUIA, JR., ACTING THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT CARLOS C. SYQUIA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 209132 | 2017-06-05

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the Amended Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated August 29, 2013 in CA-G.R. CV No. 88873, which reversed and set aside its original Decision[2] promulgated on November 29, 2011.

The factual and procedural antecedents, as culled from the records of the case, are as follows:

The case at bar resulted from a dispute between the heirs of Petronila Syquia Mendoza and the heirs of Teresita Villanueva over a lot in Tamag, Vigan, Ilocos Sur.

On September 7, 2001, the heirs of Syquia filed a Complaint for declaration of nullity of free patent, reconveyance, and damages...