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Simeon B. Miguel, Et Al., vs. Florendo Catalino

SIMEON B. MIGUEL, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. FLORENDO CATALINO, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-23072 | 1968-11-29

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

Direct appeal from the judgment in Civil Case No. 1090 of the Court of First Instance of Baguio, dismissing the plaintiffs' complaint for recovery of possession of a parcel of land, registered under Act 496, in the name of one Bacaquio, 1 a long-deceased illiterate non-Christian resident of Mountain Province, and declaring the defendant to be the true owner thereof. 

On January 22, 1962, appellants Simeon, Emilia and Marcelina Miguel, and appellant Grace Ventura brought suit in the Court below against Florendo Catalino for the recovery of the land above-described, plaintiffs claiming to be...