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Ignacio Gonzales, et al vs CA, Estanislao Salvador, et al

IGNACIO GONZALES, LILIA R. GONZALES, GUSTAVO R. GONZALES, WIGBERTO R. GONZALES, GILDA GONZALES-SALUTA, FERNANDO RAMIREZ, OCTAVIO RAMIREZ, JR., IGNACIO RAMIREZ, ESMIRNA RAMIREZ, MERCEDES GONZALES-FAVIZ, JAIME GONZALES, FEDERICO GONZALES, ROSARIO GONZALES, PATRICIA GONZALES, DANIEL GONZALES, ALDO GONZALES, CLAUDIA GONZALES and AMANDA GONZALES, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, ESTANISLAO SALVADOR, MATEO SALVADOR, ALBERTO SARMIENTO, MAXIMO ESGUERRA, MAMERTO ANTONIO, VIRGILIO DE GUZMAN, ANGEL FAJARDO, ABAD DELA CRUZ, PEDRO FAJARDO, JUANITO DE LARA, ELIGIO DE GUZMAN, SALVADOR MARTINEZ, EDUARDO DELA CRUZ, JOSE MATIAS, SOLEDAD ESTRELLA, ROMAN GUINGON, CIRILO SALVADOR, CATALINA DELA CRUZ, BERNARDO ESGUERRA, JR., GLORIA CABANA, PAQUITO CHAVEZ, RENATO GARCIA, FRANCISCO PASCUAL, WALDO SALVADOR, MARIO SALVADOR, PEDRO GARCIA, ALBINO SALVADOR, ANTONIO DE GUZMAN, AMBROCIO SALVADOR, TERESITA CAPATE, EDUARDO TALENS, BENIGNO CARAIG, ERNESTO BERNABE, SERGIO CARLOS, SIMEON BALINGAY, ANTONIO NANGEL, TEOFILO BINUYA and WILFREDO DELA CRUZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 110335 | 2001-06-18

D E C I S I O N

MELO, J.:

Per A.M. No. 00-9-03-SC dated February 27, 2001, this case which could have been acted upon earlier, was raffled to undersigned ponente. Essentially, petitioners seek to annul and set aside the decision dated March 15, 1993 of the Court of Appeals in its CA-G.R. SP No.26416 which reversed the ruling of then Secretary of Agrarian Reform Benjamin T. Leong, as well as the order dated May 17, 1993 denying reconsideration thereof.

The factual antecedents of the instant case may be chronicled as follows:

The now deceased spouses Ignacio Gonzales and Marina Gonzales were the registered owners of two parcels of...