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P. Reyes, et al. vs. Fil-Estate Properties, Inc., et al

PAULINO REYES, DANILO BAON, PACITA D. VADURIA, JULIE MONTOYA, MERCEDES RAMOS, GERONIMO DERAIN, FELICIANO D. BAON, PACIFICO DERAIN, EUTERIO SEVILLA, MAMERTO B. ESPINELLI, CARMELITA GRAVADOS, AVELINO E. PASTOR, ANTONIO BUHAY, TIRZO GULFAN JR., FELIX SOMBREMONTE, NICASIO TINAGUISAN, VICENTE VILLALUNA, LEOPOLDO DE JOYA, LENIE DE JOYA, LIBERATO DE JOYA, CRESCENCIANA DE JOYA, FRESCO CATAPANG, ROSITA CATAPANG, DOMINGO P. LIMBOC, VIRGILIO P. LIMBOC, VICENTE LIMBOC, MARIO H. PERNO, LAZARITO CABRAL, CARLITO CAPACIA, JOSE S. BAUTISTA, FELECITO BARCELON, LUIS MANGI, CONCEPCION DERAIN, BASILISA DERAIN, GUILLERMO BAUTISTA, BEATRIZ SEVILLA, FRANCISCO MENDOZA, TERESITA DINGLES, NICOLAS ASAHAN, MOISES CARABLE, ROSITA MERCADO, LAMBERTO BAUTISTA, ENRIQUITO DINGLES, CELERIO DINGLES, JOSE QUIROZ, ET AL., Petitioners, versus FIL-ESTATE PROPERTIES, INC., and COURT OF APPEALS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 148967 | 2007-02-09

DECISION
 

AZCUNA, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari[1] seeking the nullification of the resolutions of the Court of Appeals, dated November 23, 2000 and May 8, 2001, dismissing a petition filed under Rule 43 of the Rules of Court due to procedural defects,[2] in CA-G.R. SP No. 60203 entitled, "Paulino Reyes, et al. v. Fil-Estate Properties, Inc."

Central to the controversy is a portion of Hacienda Looc consisting of ten parcels of land with an aggregate area of 1,219.0133 hectares which was previously awarded to petitioners as evidenced by their Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs). At the instance of private...