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Anacleto Santiago vs. Pilar Development Corp., et al

ANACLETO SANTIAGO, Petitioner, versus PILAR DEVELOPMENT CORP. and COURT OF APPEALS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 153628 | 2006-07-20

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

PUNO, J.: 

This is a petition for certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure which seeks to reverse the decision of the Fourteenth Division of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 49649. 

First the facts. 

On February 29, 1996, petitioner filed a complaint for forcible entry with the Municipal Trial Court of Dasmariñas, Cavite against private respondent.[1] Petitioner alleged that: (1) he had been in prior physical possession of a parcel of land within Dasmariñas, Cavite since 1967, (2) that private respondent unlawfully ejected the petitioner by means of force,...