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Republic Of The Phil. Vs. Intermediate Appellate Court, Et Al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, PABLO, JUAN, JR., JULIAN, RUFINA, LEONOR, GLORIA TERESITA, ANTONIO, DOLORES, BERNARDO, JR., and MARIA VIOLETA, all surnamed MERCHAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 73085 | 1990-06-04

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the then Intermediate Appellate Court ** , dated December 2, 1985, in AC-G.R. CV No. 67964 affirming the appealed decision of the then Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court) of Quezon, Branch II, Lucena City.

The antecedent facts of this case are as follows:

Claiming that they acquired the property by virtue of a document which they alleged to be a Spanish title originally issued in the name of Bernardo Merchan, the private respondents filed a complaint dated August 7, 1974 against petitioner Republic of the Philippines for quieting...