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Republic vs. Tapay

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. CLEMENTE TAPAY AND ALBERTO T. BARRION, AS THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HEIRS OF THE DECEASED FLORA L. TAPAY,[1] RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 157719 | 2022-03-02

D E C I S I O N
 
HERNANDO, J.:
 
This petition for review[2] assails the March 20, 2003 Decision[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 54088, which upheld the August 14, 1996 Order[4] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Lipa City, Batangas, Branch 12 in Land Case No. N-1727, LRC Rec. No. N-35920.
 
Antecedents:
 
Sometime in 1980, Flora and Clemente Tapay (respondents) filed an application for registration of Lot No. 10786, with an area of 684 square meters, before the RTC of Lipa City.[5] They alleged that a certain Francisca Cueto had been in possession of the property since 1925 until it was...