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De Leon vs. Castaneda

CATALINA DE LEON and ELEUTERIO LIMCACO, petitioners, vs. PETRONILO CASTANEDA and HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-25954 | 1979-06-29

D E C I S I O N

ABAD SANTOS, J:

This case concerns a piece of land which has been the subject of numerous litigations. Hopefully, this decision will clear away all clouds over the land and its improvements.

Before us is a petition to review a decision of the Court of Appeals concerning the ownership of the land, which is denominated as Lot 11, Block K-19 of the Diliman Estate Subdivision and formerly owned by the People's Homesite and Housing Corporation (PHHC).

On July 11, 1949, the spouses Perfecta Roque and Aurelio Bautista, who were awardees of the parcel of land in question by the PHHC, sold their right to purchase said land to Rosario...