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Felicitas M. Machado and Marcelino P. Machado Vs. Ricardo L. Gatdula, et al.

FELICITAS M. MACHADO and MARCELINO P. MACHADO, Petitioners, versus RICARDO L. GATDULA, COMMISSION ON THE SETTLEMENT OF LAND PROBLEMS, and IRINEO S. PAZ, Sheriff IV, Office of the Provincial Sheriff, San Pedro, Laguna, Respondents

G.R. No. 156287 | 2010-02-16

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

Before this Court is the Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] filed by petitioners Felicitas M. Machado and Marcelino P. Machado (the Machados), assailing the decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated January 31, 2002 and the resolution[3] dated December 5, 2002 in CA-G.R. SP No. 65871. The CA decision dismissed the Machados' petition for certiorari and their motion for reconsideration, and upheld the jurisdiction of the Commission on Settlement of Land Problems (COSLAP) to render judgment over a private land and to issue the corresponding writs of execution and demolition.

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