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Mercado vs Valley Mountain Mines Exploration, Inc.

JOSE TEOFILO MERCADO, PETITIONER, VS. VALLEY MOUNTAIN MINES EXPLORATION, INC., RESPONDENT. HEIRS OF JUAN OLIMPIADA AND HEIRS OF SERGIO OLIMPIADA, PETITIONERS, VS. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. ALFONSO GARCIA, JUDGE, RTC, BRANCH 18, TAGAYTAY CITY, VALLEY MOUNTAIN MINES EXPLORATION, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ, AND CITY GOVERNMENT OF TAGAYTAY, RESPONDENTS. HEIRS OF JUAN AND SERGIO OLIMPIADA, REPRESENTED BY FERNANDO OLIMPIADA AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. GREGORIO M. MONREAL, CITY ASSESSOR, TAGAYTAY CITY, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 141019 and G.R. No. 164281 and G.R. No. 185781 | 2011-11-23

FIRST DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
VILLARAMA, JR., J.:
 
The consolidated petitions before us stemmed from contending claims over lots sold by the government in a tax delinquency sale and subsequently applied for original registration under Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 1529.

The Facts

Subject of controversy are the following parcels of land situated at Barangay Sungay, Iruhin, Tagaytay City:

Lot No.       Area (sq.m.)         Tax Declaration No.

4867          284,105                09959-B
7539             8,400...