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Land Bank of the Philippines Vs. Bienvenido Casto

LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, -versus- BIENVENIDO CASTRO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 189125 | 2013-08-28

SECOND DIVISION

DECISION

PEREZ, J.:

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari assailing the Decision 1 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 01417-MIN which affirmed the Consolidated Decision 2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 27, Tandag, Surigao del Sur, sitting as a Special Agrarian Court (SAC) in Civil Case No. 15166.

First facts.

Respondent Bienvenido Castro (Castro) is the owner of an unregistered property identified as Lot No. 2636, Cad. 537-D, with an area of 9.3390 hectares located at Barangay Mahayag, San Miguel, Surigao Del Sur, under Tax Declaration No. B-16-12-237.

On 20 June 1994, Castro...