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Rep.Of the Phil Vs Intermediate Appellate Court eta

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, ESTEBAN MENDOZA and LEON PASAHOL, respondents.

G.R. No. 71285 | 1987-11-05

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This petition for review by way of certiorari questions the decision of the then Intermediate Appellate Court which affirmed the decision of the then Court of First Instance of Bataan granting the private respondents' petition to reopen the cadastral registration proceeding of the lot in dispute and ordering its registration in the names of the respondents.

The facts are undisputed. As found by the appellate court, they are as follows:

"On December 18, 1968, a petition was filed by Esteban Mendoza and Leon Pasahol with the then Court of First Instance of Bataan, Branch I, alleging ownership of the...