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Republic vs. Heirs of Ontiveros

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [DEPED]-REGION II, PETITIONER, VS. HEIRS OF ERIBERTO ONTIVEROS AND SPOUSES GERARDO AND DAISY ONTIVEROS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 241507 | 2022-12-07

DECISION
 
LEONEN, SAJ.:
 
An accion publiciana may be filed to determine who has a better right to possess and to recover possession of real property, independent of title.

This Court resolves the Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] assailing the Decision[2] and Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the Decision[4] of the Regional Trial Court. The Regional Trial Court reversed and set aside the Municipal Circuit Trial Court's Decision[5] and ordered the Department of Education to vacate and surrender possession of the property at the center of this controversy.

Sometime in...