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Gregorio Petilla, etal. Vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

GREGORIO PETILLA, as substituted by RUFINO MAGLIBA and CECILIA D. VILLENA, HERMOGENES ROMERO and GENOVEVA MAYUGBA, petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and EVARISTO MARCELLA, DIRECTOR OF LANDS and MAXIMINIANA MARCELLA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-38188 | 1987-06-18

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision of the Court of Appeals in an action for annulment of free patent title and of reconveyance which was elevated to the Court of Appeals from the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan.

The facts of the case are narrated in the questioned decision as follows:

"There are two parcels of land involved in the controversy. (1) a parcel of rice and cogon land indicated as Lot 1 of Plan Psu-133986, with an area of 22,977 square meters more or less; and (2) a parcel of riceland indicated as Lot 2 of Plan Psu-134176, with an area of 5,234 square meters more or less. The...