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Genaro Goni vs. Court of Appeals

GENARO GO?I, RUFINA P. VDA. DE VILLANUEVA, VIOLA P. VILLANUEVA, OSCAR P. VILLANUEVA, MARINA P. VILLANUEVA, VERNA P. VILLANUEVA, PRAXEDES P. VILLANUEVA, JR., JOSE P. VILLANUEVA, SAMUEL P. VILLANUEVA, LOURDES P. VILLANUEVA, MILAGROS P. VILLANUEVA DE ARRIETA, petitioners-appellants, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and GASPAR VICENTE, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-27434 | 1986-09-23

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J:

This is an appeal by certiorari from the decision of the then Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 27800-R entitled, "Gaspar Vicente, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. Genaro Goñi, et. al., Defendants-Appellants" as well as from the resolution denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration.

The factual backdrop is as follows:

The three (3) haciendas known as San Sebastian, Sarria and Dulce Nombre de Maria situated in the Municipality of Bais, Negros Oriental, were originally owned by the Compañia General de Tabacos de Filipinas [TABACALERA]. Sometime in 1949, the late Praxedes T. Villanueva,...