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Reyes vs National Housing Authority

MARINA z. REYES; ALFREDO A. FRANCISCO; ANGELITA Z. GARCIA; ALFREDO Z. FRANCISCO, JR; ARMANDO Z. FRANCISCO; ALMA C. FRANCISCO; EUGENIA Z. LUNA; CLARITA Z. ZABALLERO, LEONARDO Z. ZABALLERO, JR, and TEODORO Z. ZABALLERO, in substitution of LEONARDO M. ZABALLERO; AUGUSTO M. ZABALLERO; FRINE A. ZABALLERO; ELENA FRONDA ZABALLERO; VICTOR GREGORIO F. ZABALLERO; MARIA ELENA F. ZABALLERO; LOURDES ZABALLERO-LAVA; SOCORRO EMILIA ZABALLERO-YAP; and TERESITA F. ZABALLERO, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, respondent.

G.R. No. 147511 | 2003-01-20

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

This is an appeal by certiorari from the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-GR CV No. 51641 dated September 29, 2000[1] affirming the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 79 which dismissed the complaint for forfeiture of rights filed by herein petitioners, as well as the Resolution dated March 13, 2001 denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration.

Records show that in 1977, respondent National Housing Authority (NHA) filed separate complaints for the expropriation of sugarcane lands, particularly Lot Nos. 6450, 6448-E, 6198-A and 6199 of the cadastral survey of DasmariƱas, Cavite...