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Purita A. Pahud, et al. Vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

PURITA PAHUD, SOLEDAD PAHUD, and IAN LEE CASTILLA (represented by Mother and Attorney-in-Fact VIRGINIA CASTILLA), Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS, SPOUSES ISAGANI BELARMINO and LETICIA OCAMPO, EUFEMIA SAN AGUSTIN-MAGSINO, ZENAIDA SAN AGUSTIN-McCRAE, MILAGROS SAN AGUSTIN-FORTMAN, MINERVA SAN AGUSTIN-ATKINSON, FERDINAND SAN AGUSTIN, RAUL SAN AGUSTIN, ISABELITA SAN AGUSTIN-LUSTENBERGER and VIRGILIO SAN AGUSTIN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 160346 | 2009-08-25

DECISION

NACHURA, J.:

For our resolution is a petition for review on certiorari assailing the April 23, 2003 Decision[1] and October 8, 2003 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 59426. The appellate court, in the said decision and resolution, reversed and set aside the January 14, 1998 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), which ruled in favor of petitioners.

The dispute stemmed from the following facts.

During their lifetime, spouses Pedro San Agustin and Agatona Genil were able to acquire a 246-square meter parcel of land situated in Barangay Anos, Los BaƱos, Laguna and covered by Original Certificate of...