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Bala, et al vs. Romillo, Jr., et al

DOROTEO F. BALA, REMEDIOS B. FLORITA, MANUEL BALA, LORETO B. SAHAGUN, RODOLFO BALA, DOROTEO M. BALA, JR., and ESPERANZA B. GUIANG, petitioners, vs. MANUEL V. ROMILLO, JR., in his capacity as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Laoag, MARIANO BALA and

G.R. No. L-38807 | 1978-03-17

D E C I S I O N

CONCEPCION, JR., J:

Petition for certiorari to annul and set aside the decision of the respondent court dated December 15, 1967, and all succeeding orders declaring 22 parcels of land as the property of the parties in common and ordering its partition among them.

Sometime in 1939, the spouses Gregorio Bala and Antonia Factora died intestate leaving several sets of heirs and extensive landholdings in the province of Ilocos Norte. After their death, their children and heirs merely divided the produce of the land among themselves until 1960, when herein petitioner Doroteo F. Bala took possession of 22 parcels of land under...