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Corpus vs. Brabangco

Heraclea VDA. De Corpus, Amado Corpus, Amparo Corpus, Carlos Corpus, Francisco Corpus and Lourdes Corpus, plaintiffs and appellees vs. Tiburcia Brabangco and Felix Amijana, defendants and appellants.

No. 17053-R | 1963-02-26

Lucero, J.:
 
From a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Iloilo declaring plaintiffs owners of the two parcels of land described in paragraph II of the complaint and adjudging defendants to restore possession with damages and costs, the latter have appealed to this Court.
 
There is no question that the two parcels of land involved herein situated at Bugang, Alimodian, Iloilo, containing a combined area of 130,182 sq. m. and originally forming a single mass, were formerly owned by and declared in the name of defendant Tiburcia Brabangco mother of co-defendant Felipe Amijana. Way back in April 1918, pursuant to Tax...