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Heirs of Gorgonio Medina vs. Bonifacio Natividad

HEIRS OF GORGONIO MEDINA, namely: LEONOR T. MEDINA, RAMON T. MEDINA, ABIEL T. MEDINA, ILUDIVINA M. ROSARI, CONCEPCION DE LA CRUZ, LEONOR M. BAKKER, SAMUEL T. MEDINA, VICTOR T. MEDINA, TERESITA M. SABADO, JOSEFINA M. CANAS and VERONICA M. DE GUZMAN. Petitioners, versus BONIFACIO NATIVIDAD, represented by PHILIP M. NATIVIDAD, Respondent.

G.R. No. 177505 | 2008-11-27

D E C I S I O N

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

Before Us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure which seeks to set aside the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated 20 November 2006 in CA-G.R. CV No. 82160 affirming with modification the Decision[2] of Branch 33 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Guimba, Nueva Ecija, in Civil Case No. 1165-G and its Resolution[3] dated 16 April 2007 denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration.

The factual antecedents are as follows:

On 16 May 1969, Tirso Medina, Pacifico M. Ruiz, Gorgonio D. Medina, Vivencio M. Ruiz, and Dominica Medina, co-owners of a parcel of...