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Dominador Vergel De Dios vs. Court Of Appeals, et al.

DOMINADOR VERGEL DE DIOS, petitioner vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, Special Thirteenth Division, VALENTIN SARMIENTO, and REYNALDO (REGINO) VENTURINA, respondents.

G.R. No. 127623 | 1997-06-19

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J:

In 1991, petitioner Dominador Vergel de Dios filed ejectment suits against private respondents Valentin Sarmiento and Reynaldo (Regino) Venturina. Originally brought in the Regional Trial Court, Branch VII of Malolos, Bulacan, the cases were eventually referred to the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) of Region III and there docketed as DARAB Case Nos. 248 and 283, on the ground that they involve primarily agrarian disputes.

In DARAB Case No. 248 (De Dios v. Sarmiento and Venturina), petitioner alleged that he was the owner of a two-hectare farm in Barangay Calawitan, San Ildefonso,...