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RP vs. L. A. Nillas

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus LOURDES ABIERA NILLAS, Respondent.

G.R. No. 159595 | 2007-01-23

                                              D E C I S I O N

Tinga, J.:


The central question raised in this Petition for Review is whether prescription or laches may bar a petition to revive a judgment in a land registration case. It is a hardly novel issue, yet petitioner Republic of the Philippines (Republic) pleads that the Court rule in a manner that would unsettle precedent. We deny certiorari and instead affirm the assailed rulings of the courts below.

The facts bear little elaboration. On 10 April 1997, respondent Lourdes...