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Celestino M. Tabaco, Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

CELESTINO M. TABACO, MARIANO TABACO, MARIANO N. VALENCIA and MARCIAL VALENCIA, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, ANTONIO TACTAC and RICHARD VILLAMINA, respondents.

G.R. No. 100981 | 1994-12-28

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

The object of this dispute is a strip of land with an area of 4-1/4 hectares developed and occupied by private respondents as part of their 20-hectare fishpond but which is being claimed by petitioners as accretion to their respective lots.

The factual background: Doña Maria Villanueva Vda. de del Rosario was the owner of a small island in Brgy. Mala Este, Buguey, Cagayan, bounded on the north, east and west by the Alabang Creek, and on the south, by the Buguey River. The property, which served as the widow's hacienda, was registered under Original Certificate of Title No. 0-5 of the Register of...