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FERNANDO MAPA III vs. CRISPINA GUANZON

FERNANDO MAPA III, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CRISPINA GUANZON, RAYMUNDO BAYETA, VALENTIN BAYETA, LUCIANA BAYETA, AGUSTIN BAYETA, DOLOROSA BAYETA, and THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, defendants. CRISPINA GUANZON, RAYMUNDO BAYETA, VALENTIN BAYETA, LUCIANA BAYETA, AGUSTIN BAYETA and DOLOROSA BAYETA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-25605 | 1977-06-20

ANTONIO, J.:

Direct appeal to this Court by defendants-appellants, Crispina Guanzon, Raymundo, Valentin, Luciana, Agustin and Dolorosa, all surnamed Bayeta, from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental in Civil Case No. 279 (6616). 1 This appeal was instituted before Section 17 of Republic Act No. 296 was amended by Republic Act No. 5440, which took effect on September 9, 1968.

The basic question of law, however, is whether or not the question of ownership over Lot No. 2636 could still be relitigated in said Civil Case No. 279 (6616), in view of the final dismissal on the merits of Civil Cases Nos. 4666 and 5557,...