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Sanchez, Clarita V. Tankiang, et al. Vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

CLARITA V. TANKIANG SANCHEZ, BEATRIZ V. TANKIANG, ANTONIO V. TANKIANG, FRANCISCO V. TANKIANG, SYLVIA TANKIANG MANALO, ROSALINA V. TANKIANG, EDILBERTO V. TANKIANG, VICENTE V. TANKIANG, and ROMEO V. TANKIANG, as heirs of LUISA VILLARICA TANKIANG, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and PEDRO CRISTOBAL, respondents.

G.R. No. L-62275 | 1984-06-22

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Petitioners are the owners of a fishpond, 4.5 hectares in area and situated at Poblacion II, Marilao, Bulacan. In 1968, the fishpond was given out in a civil law lease to Alfredo Villarica.

Private respondent Pedro Cristobal was in the employ of Villarica since 1968 and, upon the termination of the lease on August 30, 1980, Cristobal refused to surrender his alleged tenant status contending that despite the expiration of the civil lease contract of lessee Alfredo Villarica on the fishpond in question he is entitled to the continuous possession thereof as "bantay-kasama."

On the other hand, petitioners...