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Manotok vs. Heirs of Barque [DECISION]

SEVERINO M. MANOTOK IV, FROILAN M. MANOTOK, FERNANDO M. MANOTOK III, MA. MAMERTA M. MANOTOK, PATRICIA L. TIONGSON, PACITA L. GO, ROBERTO LAPERAL III, MICHAEL MARSHALL V. MANOTOK, MARYANN MANOTOK, FELISA MYLENE V. MANOTOK, IGNACIO V. MANOTOK, JR., MILAGROS V. MANOTOK, SEVERINO MANOTOK III, ROSA R. MANOTOK, MIGUEL A.B. SISON, GEORGE M. BOCANEGRA, MA. CRISTINA E. SISON, PHILIPP L. MANOTOK, JOSE CLEMENTE L. MANOTOK, RAMON SEVERINO L. MANOTOK, THELMA R. MANOTOK, JOSE MARIA MANOTOK, JESUS JUDE MANOTOK, JR. AND MA. THERESA L. MANOTOK, REPRESENTED BY THEIR ATTORNEY- IN-FACT, ROSA R. MANOTOK, PETITIONERS, VS. HEIRS OF HOMER L. BARQUE, REPRESENTED BY TERESITA BARQUE HERNANDEZ, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 162335 & 162605 | 2010-08-24

D E C I S I O N
 
VILLARAMA, JR., J.:
 
In our Resolution[1] promulgated on December 18, 2008, we set aside the Decision[2] dated December 12, 2005 rendered by the First Division; recalled the Entry of Judgment recorded on May 2, 2006; reversed and set aside the Amended Decisions dated November 7, 2003 and March 12, 2004 in CA-G.R. SP Nos. 66700 and 66642, respectively; and remanded to the Court of Appeals (CA) for further proceedings these cases which shall be raffled immediately. 

The CA was specifically directed to receive evidence with primary focus on whether the Manotoks can trace their claim of title to a valid...