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Bernas, Pedro A. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

PEDRO A. BERNAS, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, et al., respondents.

G.R. No. L-27636 | 1984-05-19

D E C I S I O N


PLANA, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision of the defunct Court of Appeals dismissing petitioner's complaint and respondents' counterclaim for recovery of some parcels of land in Pilar, Capiz.

Pedro Bernas filed with the Court of First Instance of Capiz an action for recovery of possession of a parcel of land known as lot 477 of the Cadastral Survey of Pilar, Capiz, against spouses Filomeno and Josefa Villanueva, claiming to be the owner thereof for having bought it from a certain Consolacion Patricio. Defendants' answer, besides setting up the claim of ownership of lot 477, also put up a counterclaim for...