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Benjamin Vallangca etal vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

BENJAMIN VALLANGCA, RODOLFO VALLANGCA and ALFREDO VALLANGCA, petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and NAZARIO RABANES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-55336 | 1989-05-04

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

Involved in this appeal by certiorari from a decision ** of the Court of Appeals, is a controversy over possession of a parcel of land, the proper resolution of which calls for a determination of the ownership thereof.

The more than eleven (11) hectares of agricultural land in dispute is located in Buguey, Cagayan, originally registered on 28 December 1936 in the name of "Heirs of Esteban Billena", and covered by Original Certificate of Title (OCT) No. 1648. In 1940, said certificate of title was cancelled and, in lieu thereof, Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 1005 was issued in the name of...