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Spouses Teofilo Carpio and Teodora Carpio Vs. Ana Sebastian, Vicente Palao, Santos Estrella, and Vicenta Estrella, represented by her guardian ad litem Vicente Palao

SPOUSES TEOFILO CARPIO and TEODORA CARPIO, Petitioners, versus ANA SEBASTIAN, VICENTA PALAO, SANTOS ESTRELLA, and VICENTA ESTRELLA, represented by her guardian ad litem VICENTE PALAO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 166108 | 2010-06-16

D E C I S I O N


PERALTA, J.:

This resolves the Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, praying that the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA), dated March 31, 2004, dismissing petitioners' petition for review, and the CA Resolution[2] dated November 12, 2004, denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration, be reversed and set aside.

The undisputed facts, as accurately narrated by the CA, are as follows:

On April 24, 1992, Virginia P. Estrella, the mother of the herein petitioners and respondents, died leaving behind parcels of agricultural lands covered by Emancipation Patents, to wit:

a. Emancipation Patent No....