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Garcia vs. Esclito

ANTONIO GARCIA, BENJAMIN C. GARCIA, MARIA TERESA GARCIA-MARTINEZ, JOSE INAKI ANTON G. MARTINEZ, GUY ANTOINE* YANNIK G. ARNAULT, MARIE PASCALE G. ARNAULT AND EDUARDO S. GARCIA, IN THEIR BEHALF AND ALSO IN REPRESENTATION OF MINOR CARLOS ANTONIO GARCIA, PETITIONERS, VS. FELIPE NERI ESCLITO, CELESTINO DELA TORRE, CECIL GONO, ROMEO WAHING, IRENEO ADAN, BIENVENIDO ABENOJA, FELIPE AÑASCO, FELIX MALALIS, ALDRIN MONTALBAN, MURILLO DANDA, JOSE HIMARANGAN, FELICISIMO PROCOPIO, TALIB OSAY, NESTOR ROBLE, FRANCISCO OMEGA, CARLOS BADOLATO AND WARLITO AÑASCO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 207210 | 2022-03-21

D E C I S I O N
 
HERNANDO, J.:[**]
 
This is a petition[1] for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, assailing the May 31, 2012 Decision[2] and the March 18, 2013 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA G.R. SP No. 01018, which dismissed petitioners' petition for certiorari and denied their motion for reconsideration, respectively.
 
Antecedents:
 
Sometime in 1979, petitioner Antonio Garcia purchased from Conchita Matute a 29-hectare parcel of land located at Barangay Magdug, Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental, through a deed of sale.[4] In 1998, he divided the...