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Gongon vs Court of Appeals

MATIAS GONGON, Petitioner, v. COURT OF APPEALS, THE SPOUSES AMADA AQUINO and RUFINO RIVERA, THE OFFICE OF THE LAND TENURE ADMINISTRATION, and THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

G.R. No. L-24421 | 1970-04-30

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D E C I S I O N

MAKALINTAL, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the dismissal by the Court of First Instance of Manila of Matias Gongon’s complaint to set aside the decision of the Land Tenure Administration — as affirmed by the Office of the President — awarding Lot 18-B, Block 23 of the Tambobong Estate, to herein private respondent Amada Aquino, wife of her co-respondent Rufino Rivera. The decision appealed from likewise ordered Gongon to turn over the possession of the litigated lot to Amada Aquino, to pay the rentals due at the rate of P6.00 a month from 1949...