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Estrella vs. SM Prime Holdings

ROMULO B. ESTRELLA, CESAR B. ANGELES, AND FELIXBERTO D. AQUINO, ACTING IN BEHALF OF AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF HEIRS OF BARTOLOME P. RIVERA, ELEUTERIA RIVERA, PELAGIA R. ANGELES, MODESTA R. ANGELES, VENANCIO R. ANGELES, FELIPE R. ANGELES, FIDELA ANGELES, JOSEFA R. AQUINO, GREGORIO AQUINO, AND ROSAURO R. AQUINO OF THE MAYSILO ESTATE, PETITIONERS, VS. SM PRIME HOLDINGS, INC., RESPONDENT. TRI-CITY LANDHOLDINGS, INC., INTERVENOR-RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 257944] TRI-CITY LANDHOLDINGS, INC., PETITIONER, VS. SM PRIME HOLDINGS, INC. AND ROMULO B. ESTRELLA, CESAR B. ANGELES, AND FELIXBERTO D. AQUINO, ACTING IN BEHALF OF AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF HEIRS OF BARTOLOME P. RIVERA, ELEUTERIA RIVERA, PELAGIA R. ANGELES, MODESTA R. ANGELES, VENANCIO R. ANGELES, FELIPE R. ANGELES, FIDELA ANGELES, JOSEFA R. AQUINO, GREGORIO AQUINO, AND ROSAURO R. AQUINO OF THE MAYSILO ESTATE, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 257814 | 2023-02-20

D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, J., J.:
 
This Court resolves two consolidated Petitions for Review on Certiorari[1] filed under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the Minute Resolution[2] and the Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA), which dismissed the appeal of Romulo B. Estrella, Cesar B. Angeles, and Felixberto D. Aquino (Estrella et al.).
 
The Antecedents
 
The property subject of this controversy formerly formed part of the Maysilo Estate left by Gonzalo Tuason. In previously decided cases, it was determined that the Maysilo Estate originally measured 1,660.26 hectares, stretching across...