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Lagrimas V. Abalos Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

LAGRIMAS V. ABALOS and JOSEFINA A. PANGAN, heir of the late Jose R. Abalos, petitioners, vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, PEPITO LACULOB, NICOLAS LACURUM, MATEO RESPICIO, LUIS DE LA CRUZ, BENJAMIN MARACHA, FEDERICO MIONES and ONOFRE FUJIWARA, JR., respondents. Benjamin P. Quitoriano for petitioners. Jeremias Zapata for private respondents.

G.R. No. 94436 | 1991-04-30

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

The focal issue in this case is the legal effect of Presidential Decree No. 1508 in the resolution of the suit where the parties nevertheless proceeded to the trial of the case until judgment was rendered.

On July 22, 1983, a complaint for recovery of possession of property and damages was filed by spouses Jose R. Abalos and Lagrimas V. Abalos against private respondents in the Regional Trial Court, Quezon City, designated as Lot 12, Block 122-D, situated in Quezon City with an area of about 408 square meters, registered in the name of the Abalos spouses under TCT No. 287646 issued by the Register of Deeds...