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Fernanda Geonzon Vda De Barrera & Johnny Oco, Jr. Vs. Heirs of Vicente Legaspi etc.

FERNANDA GEONZON VDA. DE BARRERA AND JOHNNY OCO, JR., Petitioners, versus HEIRS OF VICENTE LEGASPI, REPRESENTED BY PEDRO LEGASPI, Respondents.

G.R. No. 174346 | 2008-09-12

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Under review before this Court is the July 31, 2006 Decision of the Court of Appeals,[1] which affirmed that of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 16, of Tangub City in Civil Case No. TC-97-001, ordering the defendants-petitioners herein, Fernanda Geonzon vda. de Barrera and Johnny Oco. Jr. to return possession of the subject property to the plaintiffs-herein respondents, Heirs of Vicente Legaspi.

On October 1, 1996, petitioner Johnny Oco Jr. (Oco), said to be a "peace officer connected with the PNP," accompanied by "unidentified CAFGU members," forced his way into respondents' 0.9504-hectare irrigated...