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Navotas Industrial Corporation vs. German D. Cruz, et al.

NAVOTAS INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, represented herein by its acting president DANIEL L. BAUTISTA, Petitioner, versus GERMAN D. CRUZ, MARCELO D. CRUZ, ROSALINA CRUZ-LAIZ, MARIANO A. CRUZ, JR., THE HEIRS OF ROGELIO D. CRUZ, namely, SYLVIA, ROSYL, ROGELIO, JR., SERGIO and ESTRELLA, all surnamed CRUZ, the HEIRS OF SERAFIN D. CRUZ, namely, ADELAIDA, MERCEDITAS and GABRIEL, all surnamed CRUZ, MARIA CRISTINA CRUZ-YCASIANO, MONICA CRUZ-DADIVAS and CARMEN VDA. DE CRUZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 159212 | 2005-09-12

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CALLEJO, SR., J.: 

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 69818, reversing the Decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Civil Case No. 2427-MN. 

The Antecedents 

Carmen Vda. De Cruz was the owner of a parcel of land located in Navotas, Rizal, with an area of 13,999 square meters, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 81574.[2] 

On October 5, 1966, Carmen Cruz, as lessor, and the Navotas Industrial Corporation (NIC), through its president, Cipriano C. Bautista, as lessee, executed a contract of...