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

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, LUTGARDA PASILIAO, ERNESTO BROSAS, BIENVENIDO CLAUDIO and TOMAS PASILIAO, respondents.

G.R. No. 74830 | 1993-07-05

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

The whirling winds of controversy in the instant petition revolve around a parcel of land in Calasiao, Pangasinan which the Calasiao National High School received as a donation from the municipal government of Calasiao and which it has been using as a playground for its students but which the heirs of Antonio Pasiliao, Lutgarda and Tomas, claim as theirs by right of inheritance.

It is undisputed that Antonio Pasiliao owned the parcel of unregistered land which he started declaring as his property as early as 1918. When Pasiliao died in 1924, he left his widow, Rufina Pobres, and two children, Tomas, then...