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Celso Pagtalunan, et al. vs. Roque A. Tamayo, et al.

CELSO PAGTALUNAN and PAULINA P. PAGTALUNAN, petitioners, vs. HON. ROQUE A. TAMAYO, Presiding Judge of the CFI of Bulacan, Branch VI, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES and TURANDOT, TRAVIATA, MARCELITA, MARLENE PACITA, MATTHEW and ROSARY, all surnamed ALDABA, respondents.

G.R. No. 54281 | 1990-03-19

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

On January 17, 1978, respondent Republic of the Philippines filed a complaint with the Court of First Instance of Bulacan for expropriation of a parcel of land located in Bo. Tikay, Malolos, Bulacan, and owned by private respondents herein as evidenced by TCT No. 24006, issued by the Register of Deeds of the province of Bulacan [Petition, p. 2; Rollo, p. 10]. The complaint was docketed as Civil Case No. 5257-M and entitled "Republic of the Philippines v. Turandot Aldaba, et al."

On March 2, 1978, the Court of First Instance issued a writ of possession placing the Republic in possession of the land, upon its...