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Virginia Franco Vda. De Arceo, et al. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

VIRGINIA FRANCO VDA. DE ARCEO, CARMELITA ARCEO, ZENAIDA ARCEO, ROMEO ARCEO, RODOLFO ARCEO and MANUEL ARCEO, petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS (Former 16th Division), PEDRO M. ARCEO, SOTERA ARCEO, LORENZO ARCEO, and ANTONIO ARCEO, respondents.

G.R. No. 81401 | 1990-05-18

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

The Court grants this petition on a successful demonstration of error committed by the Court of Appeals. 1

It appears that the spouses Abdon Arceo and Escolastica Geronimo were the owners of four parcels of unregistered land (six were involved but only four were disputed) located in Pulilan, Bulacan, identified as lots nos. 2582, 2595, 3054, and 8131. Escolastica died on September 16, 1942 while Abdon passed away in 1953. They had one son, Esteban, who died on September 2, 1941. Esteban had five children, Jose, Pedro, Lorenzo, Antonio, and Sotera.

Jose married Virginia Franco, with whom he fathered six...