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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. APOSTOLITA SAN MATEO, et al, RESPONDENTS.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. APOSTOLITA SAN MATEO, BRIGIDA TAPANG, ROSITA ACCION, AND CELSO MERCADO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 203560 | 2014-11-10

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

VELASCO JR., J.:

The Case
 
Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari, seeking to reverse and set aside the Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA), Seventeenth Division, dated September 14, 2012 in CA-G.R. CV No. 96390, which affirmed the Decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) dated November 3, 2010 in LRC Case No. N-11398. The adverted RTC Decision ordered the registration of the title over the subject lot in the name of the respondents.

The Facts
 
The present case stemmed from a January 27, 1999 Petition for Registration of Title filed by respondents Apostolita San Mateo, Brigida...