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Baluyu vs. Spouses Dela Cruz

GREGORY BALUYO Y GAMORA, FOR AND IN BEHALF OF EMMANUEL GAMORA BALUYO PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES JOAQUIN AND REBECCA DE LA CRUZ, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 197058 | 2015-10-14

D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:*
 
We resolve the present petition for review on certiorari[1] assailing the October 22, 2010 decision[2] and May 9, 2011 resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 111755. The CA reversed and set aside the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Calabanga, Camarines Sur, that in turn affirmed the Municipal Trial Court (MTC)'s ruling in a forcible entry case filed by the petitioner against the respondents. The CA held that the petitioner failed to establish his 'prior physical possession' of the subject property - which is an indispensable element in a forcible entry...