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Manuel T. De Guia Vs. CA, et al

MANUEL T. DE GUIA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS (Former Sixth Division) and JOSE B. ABEJO, represented by his Attorney-in-Fact, Hermenegilda Abejo-Rivera, respondents.

G.R. No. 120864 | 2003-10-08

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] assailing the 22 August 1994 Decision[2] as well as the 27 June 1995 Resolution of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 39875. The Court of Appeals affirmed the Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court ("trial court") of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 16, in Civil Case No. 8796-M. The trial court's Decision ordered petitioner Manuel T. De Guia ("DE GUIA") to turn over to private respondent Jose B. Abejo ("ABEJO") possession of the one half (½) undivided portion of a fishpond and to pay actual damages and attorney's fees.

The Antecedents

On 12 May...