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Mendoza, et al. vs. Mella

CATALINA MENDOZA and RODOLFO PAREJA, petitioners, vs. TEMISTOCLES C. MELLA, respondent.

G.R. No. L-18752 | 1966-07-30

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
MAKALINTAL, J.: 
 
The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Sorsogon in civil case No. 954, filed by present respondent against petitioners. We gave due course to the instant petition for review by certiorari in view of the question of law involved. 
 
The litigated property is lot No. 3390-B of the Sorsogon cadastre. It was owned originally by Paciano Pareja, who donated it in 1939 to his son Gavino. Gavino disappeared in 1943 and has not been heard of since. According to the Court of Appeals he died that same year. At the time of his disappearance, he...