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Ibanez and Laranga vs. AFP Retirement & Service Benefit System

EUFROCINO C. IBANEZ and FELIPE R. LARANGA, Petitioners, versus AFP RETIREMENT AND SERVICE BENEFIT SYSTEM, Respondent.

G.R. No.152859 | 2008-06-18

D E C I S I O N

VELASCO, JR., J.:

At the core of this agrarian case is a 1.5523-hectare property that once formed part of Lot No. 1973 situated at Barangay Dita, Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Lot No. 1973 was formerly registered in the name of Fermina Z. Bailon, married to Tomas M. Gan, under Transfer Certificate of Title No. RT-3939 (13443). Shortly after Fermina's death on April 25, 1973, her heirs, namely, husband Tomas and their four (4) children, executed an Extra Judicial Settlement of Estate under which Lot No. 1973 was ceded to son Eduardo Gan.

On November 26, 1981, the municipality of Santa Rosa, Laguna passed an ordinance classifying Lot...