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Heirs of Jose Juanite and Nicolasa Oslob Vda. De Juanite vs CA, Sps Mercado, et al

THE HEIRS OF JOSE JUANITE (Namely: NICOLASA OSLOB Vda. De JUANITE, FE JUANITE HEINEN, LUZ JUANITE LAM, HOMER JUANITE, THELMA JUANITE REDOBLE, MAMERTO JUANITE, HERMINIO JUANITE, MA. ELENA JUANITE, ERMERALDINA JUANITE and and JOSIENICK JUANITE) and NICOLASA OSLOB Vda. De JUANITE, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, SPS. EDILBERTO ROMERO and FELISA MERCADO, MACARIO SANCHEZ, EFREN PANIA and PIO YONSON, respondents.

G.R. No. 138016 | 2002-01-30

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The Case

Appeal via certiorari from the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals upholding the ruling of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) that the petitioners were not de jure tenants on the subject landholding, and hence, had no right of redemption.

The Facts

The facts, as found by the Court of Appeals, are as follows:

"The spouses Edilberto Romero and Felisa Romero owned a piece of agricultural land in Alegria, Surigao del Norte. On different dates, the Romeros sold separate portions thereof to Efren Pania, Macario Sanchez and Pio Yonson.

"Claiming to be the agricultural tenants of the land in...