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Heirs of the late Jose Luzuriaga, etc., Vs. Republic of the Philippines thru the Office of the Solicitor General

HEIRS OF THE LATE JOSE DE LUZURIAGA,[1] represented by JOSE DE LUZURIAGA, JR., HEIRS OF MANUEL R. DE LUZURIAGA, HEIRS OF THE LATE REMEDIOS DE LUZURIAGA-VALERO, and THE LATE NORMA DE LUZURIAGA DIANON, Petitioners, versus REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES thru the OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, Respondent.

G.R. No. 168848 | 2009-06-30

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

Before us are two petitions under Rule 45 interposed by the heirs of the late Jose De Luzuriaga, assailing the November 26, 2004 Decision[2] and May 25, 2005 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 75321. The first is a Verified Petition for Review on Certiorari under G.R. No. 169019, while the second is styled Supplemental Petition and docketed as G.R. No. 168848.

The assailed CA decision and resolution reversed and set aside the Orders dated August 31, 2001[4] and October 24, 2002[5] in Cadastral Case No. 97-583 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 51 in Bacolod City.

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