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Spouses Ortega vs. City of Cebu

SPOUSES CIRIACO and ARMINDA ORTEGA, Petitioners, versus CITY OF CEBU, Respondent.

G.R. Nos. 181562-63 | 2009-10-02

DECISION

NACHURA, J.:

These are consolidated petitions for review on certiorari filed by petitioners Ciriaco and Arminda Ortega (Spouses Ortega) in G.R. Nos. 181562-63 and petitioner City of Cebu (Cebu City) in G.R. Nos. 181583-84 assailing the Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in the similarly consolidated petitions docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 80187 and CA-G.R. SP No. 00147, respectively.[1]

The facts, summarized by the CA, follow.

Spouses Ciriaco and Arminda Ortega x x x are the registered owners of a parcel of land known as Lot No. 310-B, situated in Hipodromo, Cebu City, with an area of 5,712 square meters and covered by Transfer...