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Leon Requiron vs Patricia Sibayan, Ernesto Sibayan, et al / Leoncia Javello vda de Asuelo, et al

LEON REQUIRON, petitioner, vs. PATRICIA, ERNESTO AND ROSALINA, all surnamed SINABAN; CONRADO, GERTRUDES, ELARIA, FEDELINA, FLORDELIZA and EMETERIO, all surnamed JAVELLO; ALFREDO, MIGUEL, OFEMIA, AMBROCIO, NATIVIDAD and CONCHITA, all surnamed NICOLAS, plaintiffs-respondents. / LEONCIA JAVELLO VDA. DE ASUELO, CECILIA, TEODOLFO, VILMA, JIMMY and TERESITA, all surnamed ASUELO, defendants-respondents.

G.R. No. 138280 | 2003-03-10

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

At issue in this Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] is the validity of a public auction sale of a parcel of land measuring fifty-six thousand six hundred seventy-two (56,672) square meters known as Lot No. 915 and located at Barangay Rizal, Sagay Cadastre, Sagay, Negros Occidental.[2] The factual antecedents are as follows:

Lot No. 915 was originally co-owned by Catalino, Mariano, Cristina, Abundia, Segunda and Castor,[3] all surnamed Javello.[4] Cristina and Castor died without issue and by virtue of intestate succession, their rights and interests in the property were inherited by their surviving brothers...