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Villaflor vs. Court of Appeals 280 SCRA 297

VICENTE VILLAFLOR, substituted by his heirs, petitioner vs. COURT OF APPEALS and NASIPIT LUMBER CO., INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 95694 | 1997-10-09

D E C I S I O N
 
PANGANIBAN ,J.:
 
In this rather factually complicated case, the Court reiterates the binding force and effect of findings of specialized administrative agencies as well as those of trial courts when affirmed by the Court of Appeals; rejects petitioner’s theory of simulation of contracts; and passes upon the qualifications of private respondent corporation to acquire disposable public agricultural lands prior to the effectivity of the 1973 Constitution.
 
The Case

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari seeking the reversal of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals, dated September 27, 1990,...