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Pagkatipunan, et al. vs. Court of Appeals and Republic 429 Phil 377

NESTOR PAGKATIPUNAN and ROSALINA MAÑAGAS-PAGKATIPUNAN, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 129682 | 2002-03-21


D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals nullifying the decision of the Court of First Instance of Gumaca, Quezon[2] which confirmed petitioners' title over the lots subject of the instant petition. Petitioners further seek to annul and set aside the resolutions[3] of the Court of Appeals denying their urgent motion to recall the judgment entered[4] in the land registration case.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

Sometime in November 1960, petitioners' predecessors-in-interest, spouses Getulio Pagkatipunan and Lucrecia Esquires, filed with the Court of First...