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Hilario vs. Intermediate Appellate Court (IAC)

BONIFACIO L. HILARIO and EDUARDA M. BUENCAMINO HILARIO, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT AND SALVADOR BALTAZAR, respondents.

G.R. No. 70736 | 1987-03-16

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J p:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Court of Appeals' decision declaring Salvador Baltazar a leasehold tenant entitled to security of tenure on a parcel of land consisting of 1,740 square meters.

On January 13, 1981, Salvador Baltazar filed a verified complaint with the Court of Agrarian Relations, Branch VI at Baliuag, Bulacan alleging that since January, 1955 he had been in continuous possession as a share tenant of a parcel of land with an area of about 2 hectares situated in San Miguel, Bulacan, which was previously owned by one Socorro Vda. de Balagtas; that on or about December 27,...