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Heirs of Arania vs. Intestate of Sangalang

HEIRS OF FERMIN ARANIA, REPRESENTED BY LOIDA A. SORIANO; HEIRS OF ARSENIO OROSCO, REPRESENTED BY PEDRITO OROSCO; HEIRS OF FLORENCIO BARROGA, REPRESENTED BY ENRIQUE BARROGA; HEIRS OF FRANCISCO VILORIA, REPRESENTED BY EXEQUIEL VILORIA; DOMINGO MAGALONG; HEIRS OF ANTONIO ANDRES, REPRESENTED BY PAULINO ANDRES; HEIRS OF GREGORIO GAHIS, REPRESENTED BY FELIX GAHIS; HEIRS OF FLORENTINO CORPUZ, REPRESENTED BY ERNESTO CORPUZ; GAVINO CORPUZ; AND HEIRS OF SIMPLICIO GALAPON, REPRESENTED BY FERNANDO GALAPON, PETITIONERS, V. INTESTATE ESTATE OF MAGDALENA R. SANGALANG, REPRESENTED BY ITS ADMINISTRATRIX SOLITA S. JIMENEZ; ANGELO S. JIMENEZ, JR.; JAYSON P. JIMENEZ; SOLITA S. JIMENEZ; JOHN S. HERMOGENES; ROMULO SANGALANG JIMENEZ; AND ROMULO SANGALANG JIMENEZ, PRIVATE RESPONDENTS, HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, FIFTEENTH DIVISION; DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUDICATION BOARD (DARAB), REGION III, OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL ADJUDICATOR, AND OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL ADJUDICATOR, BRANCH 2, TALAVERA, NUEVA ECIJA; AND MR. DELFIN GASPAR, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SHERIFF OF THE BOARD, DARAB NORTH NUEVA ECIJA, PUBLIC RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 193208 | 2017-12-13

D E C I S I O N
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
This is a petition for annulment of judgment seeking to set aside the Decision,[1] dated 30 October 2001, of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 64164 which nullified the Decision,[2] dated 21 December 1998, of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) in DARAB Case No. 6576, an action for recovery of possession.
 
THE FACTS
 
On 16 May 1996, the petitioners filed an action for recovery of possession of several parcels of agricultural land (subject landholdings) before the Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (PARAD). The subject landholdings form...