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Valentin Bermudo vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

VALENTIN BERMUDO, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, FORMER SIXTH DIVISION; THE HONORABLE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF LEYTE, BRANCH 1 and THE CHINESE NATIONALIST PARTY OF TACLOBAN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-38622 | 1987-10-26

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J.:

This special civil action for certiorari and prohibition stemmed from the decision of the then Court of First Instance of Leyte granting a petition for relief from its order directing the reconstitution of an original certificate of title covering a parcel of land.

Tom Chow and Go Se Pieng, claimants of Lot 776, a 505-square meter parcel of land located in Lopez Jaena Street, Tacloban City, obtained a judicial decree of registration No. 494657 on October 8, 1931 as co-owners pro-indiviso in fee simple thereof. They were issued Original Certificate of Title No. 10256 on November 3, 1932.

The record shows,...