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Apolonia Ll Ocampo, et al vs Fidela Ll Ocampo, et al

APOLONIA LL. OCAMPO Now Substituted by MARIANO O. QUIEN, AMELITA Q. TAN, MILOVAN O. QUIEN, LUISA OCAMPO-LLORIN, MELITA F. OCAMPO, FELIX OCAMPO JR., RAMON OCAMPO, MIGUEL OCAMPO, JUANA OCAMPO, ANDRES OCAMPO SR., VIOLETA OCAMPO, MERCEDITA OCAMPO, ANTONIA OCAMPO, ELISA OCAMPO, BEATRIZ OCAMPO, JUAN JOHNNY OCAMPO, JONAS OCAMPO, MARIA DOLORES OCAMPO, REBECCA OCAMPO, FIDELA OCAMPO, LUIS OCAMPO JR. and ERNESTO O. FORTUNO, Petitioners, versus FIDELA LL. OCAMPO, FELICIDAD LL. OCAMPO, BELEN OCAMPO-BARRITO, VICENTE BARRITO, NEMESIO LL. OCAMPO, IMELDA OCAMPO and JOSE OCAMPO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 150707 | 2004-04-14

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Basic is the rule that the party making an allegation in a civil case has the burden of proving it by a preponderance of evidence. In an action involving property, petitioners should rely on the strength of their own title and not on the alleged weakness of respondents' claim.

The Case

Before this Court is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the October 31, 2001 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR CV No. 56941. The decretal portion of the Decision reads as follows:

"WHEREFORE, with the sole modification that the awards for damages and attorney's fees...