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Emilio Bugatti vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

EMILIO BUGATTI, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and SPOUSES BEN BAGUILAT and MARIA BAGUILAT, respondents.

G.R. No. 138113 | 2000-10-17

D E C I S I O N


GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari of the August 7, 1998 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 48900, reversing the July 15, 1994 Decision of the Regional Trial Court in Civil Case No. 348.

The present case traces its origins to an action for recovery of possession and damages filed by respondents Ben and Maria Baguilat on July 11, 1989, with the Regional Trial Court of Lagawe, Ifugao against petitioner Emilio Bugatti.[1] In their complaint, respondents alleged that they are the owners of a parcel of land situated in Lagawa, Ifugao and that sometime in December, 1987, petitioner...