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Graciano Palele vs Hon CA, Thomas Sobrevinas

GRACIANO PALELE, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, (Fourth Division) and TOMAS SOBREVINAS, respondents.

G.R. No. 138289 | 2001-07-31

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision,[1] dated February 4, 1999, of the Court of Appeals, reversing the decision of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB), which affirmed in toto the decision of the Department of Agrarian Reform Provincial Adjudication Board of Bataan awarding two parcels of land to petitioner Graciano Palele.

The background of the case is as follows:

The properties involved in this case form part of a larger tract of land, referred to as Lot No. 707, consisting of 9,939 square meters in Dinalupihan, Bataan. The original holder-cultivator of the lot was...