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Heirs Of Marciano Sangle Vs The Ca, Director Of Lands, Dionisio Puno, And Isidra Mesde

HEIRS OF MARCIANO SANGLE, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, DIRECTOR OF LANDS, DIONISIO PUNO, and ISIDRA MESDE, respondents.

G.R. No. 109024 | 1999-11-25

D E C I S I O N

PURISIMA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking reversal of the decision of the Court of Appeals, dated February 18, 1993, which affirmed the Order of the Regional Trial Court of Cabanatuan City, dated October 8, 1991, denying petitioners' Motion for Reconstitution of Burned Records of Land Registration Case (LRC) No. 733.

The facts are undisputed:

On May 3, 1967, Marciano Sangle filed an application for registration of two (2) parcels of land, Lots 2 and 3 of Psu-46856 of the Aliaga Cadastre, docketed as LRC Case No. N-733, before the then Court of First Instance (now the Regional Trial Court of Nueva...