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Juanito Carino vs. Court of Appeals

JUANITO CARI?O and CIRILA VIVENCIO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, PABLO ENCABO and JUANITA DE LOS SANTOS, and LAND AUTHORITY, respondents.

G.R. No. L-47661 | 1987-07-31

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

Petition for certiorari filed by the spouses Juanito Cariño and Cirila Vicencio, seeking the review and reversal of the decision ** of respondent Court of Appeals, dated 15 November 1977, in CA-G.R. No. 49495-R which affirmed the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila, Branch XXIII, Civil Case No. 57861, and its resolution, dated 6 January 1978, denying the petitioners' motion for reconsideration.

The facts derived from the records are as follows:

On 22 January 1954, Pablo Encabo formally applied with the Land Estates Division, Bureau of Lands, to purchase a parcel of land designated as...