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Espiritu vs. Republic

CONRADO R. ESPIRITU, JR., TERESITA ESPXRITU-GUTIERREZ, MARIETTA R. ESPIRITU-CRUZ, OSCAR R. ESPIRITU, AND ALFREDO R. ESPIRITU, PETITIONERS, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 219070 | 2017-06-21

DECISION
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to reverse and set aside the March 20, 2015 Decision[1] and June 18, 2015 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 101002, which reversed and set aside the July 30, 2012 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 274, Parañaque City (RTC) in Land Registration Case No. 10-0026 (LRC No. 10-0026), which approved the application for land registration filed by the petitioners.
 
The Antecedents

On March 1, 2010, the petitioners, with their now deceased sibling, Carmen Espiritu, filed before the RTC an...