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Sps Romero vs Mercedes Tan, et al

SPS. NUMERIANO and CARMELITA ROMERO, petitioners, vs. MERCEDES L. TAN, FLORENTINA L. GONZALES, CELSO L. LUNA, MARIO LUNA and RAMON L. GARCIA, respondents.

G.R. No. 147570 | 2004-02-27

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Petitioners assail the decision[1] dated January 19, 2001, of the Court of Appeals in CA-GR SP No. 59110, which reversed that of the Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board,[2] Region III, dated May 9, 2000. The Board found that a tenancy relationship existed between petitioners and respondents, entitling petitioners to retain possession of the fishpond in dispute. The appellate court ruled against petitioners, declaring the PARAB's decision void for want of jurisdiction.

Subject of this controversy is a private fishpond with an area of one million, two hundred fifty six thousand and four hundred...