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Acap VS Ca
Acap VS Ca
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G.R. No. 118114. December 7, 1995.
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PADILLA, J.:
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This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of
the Court of Appeals, 2nd Division,
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in CA-G.R. No. 36177,
which affirmed the decision of the Regional Trial Court of
Himamaylan, Negros Occidental holding that private
respondent Edy de los Reyes had acquired ownership of Lot
No. 1130 of the Cadastral Survey of Hinigaran, Negros
Occidental based on a document entitled “Declaration of
Heirship and Waiver of Rights,” and ordering the
dispossession of petitioner as leasehold tenant of the land
for failure to pay rentals.
The facts of the case are as follows:
The title to Lot No. 1130 of the Cadastral Survey of
Hinigaran, Negros Occidental was evidenced by OCT No.
R-12179. The lot has an area of 13,720 sq. meters. The title
was issued and is registered in the name of spouses
Santiago Vasquez and Lorenza Oruma. After both spouses
died, their only son Felixberto inherited the lot. In 1975,
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3 The RTC decision used the name Luzviminda. The CA used the name
Laudenciana.
4 Annex A, Petition; Rollo, p. 14.
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7 Ibid.,p. 28.
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11 See Aguirre v. Atienza, G.R. No. L-10665, Aug. 30, 1958; Mari v.
Bonilla, G.R. No. 852, March 19, 1949; Robles v. CA, G.R. No. L-47494, 83
SCRA 181, 182, May 15, 1978.
12 See Borromeo Herrera v. Borromeo, G.R. No. L-41171, July 23, 1987,
152 SCRA 171.
13 See note 10—supra.
14 Osorio v. Osorio and Ynchausti Steamship Co., No. 16544, March 20,
1921.
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16 See Laureto v. CA, G.R. No. 95838, August 7, 1992, 212 SCRA
397;Cuno v. CA, G.R. L-62985, April 2, 1984, 128 SCRA 567.
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