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Republic of the Philippines Vs. RTC Br. 18, Roxas City, Capiz, et al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by the DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR), Petitioner, versus REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 18, ROXAS CITY, CAPIZ, RIZAL RECIO, TERESITA RECIO, PACIENCIA RECIO, and HEIR OF OSCAR RECIO, HARRIET VILLANUEVA vda. DE RECIO, and the REGISTER OF DEEDS, ROXAS CITY, CAPIZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 172931 | 2009-06-18

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari, filed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on behalf of the Republic of the Philippines (RP), seeks to annul and set aside the Decision[1] dated May 25, 2006 of the Court of Appeals, Cebu City, 18th Division, in CA-G.R. SP No. 72691. The Court of Appeals had dismissed RP's petition for annulment of judgment[2] of the Decision[3] dated September 14, 1984 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Roxas City, Branch 18, which ordered the confirmation and registration of title to Lot No. 900 of the Pilar Cadastre, LRC Cadastral Record No. 50963 located at Marita,...