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Spouses Cabarrus vs. Spouses Po

SPS. ROBERTO ABOITIZ AND MARIA CRISTINA CABARRUS, PETITIONERS, VS. SPS. PETER L. PO AND VICTORIA L. PO, RESPONDENTS. SPS. PETER L. PO AND VICTORIA L. PO, PETITIONERS, VS. SPS. ROBERTO ABOITIZ AND MARIA CRISTINA CABARRUS, JOSE MARIA MORAZA, AND ERNESTO ABOITIZ AND ISABEL ABOITIZ, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 208450 and G.R. No. 208497 | 2017-06-05

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
This resolves two (2) Petitions for Review on Certiorari[1] assailing the Court of Appeals' October 31, 2012 Decision[2] and its June 17, 2013 Resolution[3] in CA-G.R. CV No. 03803. The assailed decision affirmed the Regional Trial Court's Decision,[4] which declared the spouses Peter Po and Victoria Po (Spouses Po) as the rightful owners of the parcel of land. However, the Court of Appeals ruled that respondents Jose Maria Moraza (Jose), spouses Ernesto Aboitiz (Ernesto), and Isabel Aboitiz (Isabel) were innocent buyers in good faith whose titles were entitled to protection.[5]...