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Pantaleon De La Pena Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

PANTALEON DE LA PENA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and HEROTIDO TAN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-81827 | 1994-03-28

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

PANTALEON DELA PEá'A, petitioner herein, claiming preferential right to acquire ownership over a 3/4-hectare portion of Lot No. 5714-C, imputes fraud and misrepresentation to private respondent Herotido Tan in securing Free Patent No. (XI-6) 1326 and OCT No. P-7923 over the same. The action for reconveyance earlier filed by de la Peña was denied both by the trial court and the Court of Appeals. For reasons herein set forth, the present petition must also fail.

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