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Reynaldo C. Tolentino, et al. vs. Flordeliza Rivera, et al.

REYNALDO C. TOLENTINO, SPS. FELIXBERTO & HIGINIA FRANCISCO, Petitioners, vs. FLORDELIZA RIVERA,* ATTY. RONEY JONE GANDEZA, HON. ANTONIO M. ESTEVES, Presiding Judge, RTC, Branch 5, Baguio City, EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF and/or DEPUTY, in his capacity as Deputy Sheriff of the Office of the Office of the Clerk of Court, THE COURT OF APPEALS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 149665 | 2006-01-25


SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CORONA, J.: 

This case which comes to us by way of a petition for certiorari[1] has had a long, tortured history rife with allegations of duplicity, betrayal and usurpation. It has caused the parties much grief and has actually outlived one of them. 

The facts of the case follow. 

On March 18, 1992, in order to finance a planned LPG refilling operation, petitioners Francisco spouses (hereafter petitioners-spouses) obtained a P2,000,000.00 loan from respondent Rivera which they secured with a mortgage over a parcel of land covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 55711 issued by the...