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Tale vs. Court of Appeals

FELICIANA LICAYAN TALE, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DIVISION, and PATERNO G. TALISIK, respondents.

G.R. No. 101028 | 1992-04-23

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, J.:

This petition for review assails the decision of the Court of Appeals dated February 13, 1991, the dispositive portion of which states:

"WHEREFORE, the decision appealed from is hereby reversed and set aside and the complaint is ordered DISMISSED. Without costs." (Rollo, p. 16)
 
and the resolution dated July 16, 1991 dismissing the petitioner's motion for reconsideration. The setting aside of the trial court's decision was based on the sole ground that the petitioner's action for reconveyance is barred by prescription as the period of four (4) years had already expired.

This petition...