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RP vs Spouses Edgardo And Ma. Teresa Bondoc

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus SPOUSES EDGARDO and MA. TERESA BONDOC, Appeellants.

G.R. No. 157826 | 2004-11-12

DECISION



AZCUNA, J.:



This is a petition for review on certiorari arising from the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated March 31, 2003 in CA-G.R. CV No. 65907. The decision affirms the Order[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Lucena City, Branch 58, dated January 7, 1999 which granted a petition for judicial reconstitution of title.



As stated by the CA, the antecedent facts are as follows:



Records reveal that on January 21, 1997, spouses Edgardo and Ma. Teresa Bondoc filed with the RTC of Lucena City, the verified petition a quo for reconstitution of the original copy of OCT Nos. 1733 (394) and 1767 (406), of...