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PEOPLE vs Jimmy Dela Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JIMMY DELA CRUZ Y QUIMPO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139970 | 2002-06-06

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision dated March 23, 1999 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 54624, reversing the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 10, for reconveyance. Also sought to be reversed is the CA resolution dated June 8, 1999 denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

The facts of this case are as follows:

Petitioner Castorio Alvarico is the natural father of respondent Amelita Sola while Fermina Lopez is petitioner's aunt, and also Amelita's adoptive mother.

On June 17, 1982, the Bureau of Lands approved and granted the...