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Allan Lumapas,et al vs Gregorio Limpot Lumapas

ALLAN LUMAPAS, OSCAR LUMAPAS, MARIA THERESA CASTILLO and MARICEL LUMAPAS, petitioners, vs. GREGORIO LIMPOT LUMAPAS, respondent.

G.R. No. 130682 | 2004-03-10

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Amended Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 41099 dated July 7, 1997, granting the writ of mandamus prayed for by herein respondent, Gregorio Limpot Lumapas, to compel Judge Camilo E. Tamin, Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga del Sur, to issue a writ of execution in Civil Cases Nos. 90-20,025 (2993) and 90-20,015 (2631) in favor of the respondent herein.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

In August 1951, the Republic of the Philippines filed an application with the RTC of Zamboanga del Sur claiming ownership...