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Philcontrust Resources Inc. vs. Santiago

PHILCONTRUST RESOURCES INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS INTER-ASIA LAND CORPORATION), PETITIONER, VS. CARLOS SANTIAGO, LITO PALANGANAN, OLIMPIA ERCE, TAGUMPAY REYES, DOMINGO LUNA, RICARDO DIGO, FRANCIS DIGO, VIRGILIO DIGO, CORAZON DIGO, WILBERT SORTEJAS, ADRIEL SANTIAGO, CARLOS SANTIAGO JR., SEGUNDO BALDONANSA, RODRIGO DIGO, PAULINO MENDOZA, SOFRONIO OLEGARIO, BERNARD MENDOZA, JUN DELPINADO, EDILBERTO CABEL, ERINITO MAGSAEL, HONORIO BOURBON, MAURICIO SENARES, RICARTE DE GUZMAN, MANUEL DE CASTRO, CENON MOSO, JESUS EBDANI, DOMINGO HOLGADO, LETICIA PELLE, REY SELLATORES, EFREN CABRERA, RONNIE DIGO, RENATO OLIMPIAD, RICARDO LAGARDE, ERIC DIGO, ISAGANI SENARES, CANCIANO PAYAD, MELITONA PALANGANAN, VIRGILIO PERENA, EDGARDO PAYAD, WINNIE CABANSAG, WINNIE AVINANTE, AND VALENTINA SANTIAGO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 174670 | 2017-07-26

DECISION
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
THE CASE

Petitioner Philcontrust Resources, Inc. assails,[1] by way of a Petition for Review by Certiorari,[2] the 19 June 2006[3] and 12 September 2006[4] Resolutions of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 93735, whereby the appellate court dismissed outright petitioner's Rule 43 Petition[5] against the 25 April 2005 Decision[6] and 3 February 2006 Resolution[7] of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) in DARAB Case No. 12726. With said issuances, the DARAB declared respondents to be petitioner's agricultural tenants of a piece of land located in Barangay Iruhin West,...