April 2016 - Philippine Supreme Court Decisions/Resolutions
Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence
G.R. No. 194260, April 13, 2016 - HEIRS OF FELICIANO YAMBAO, NAMELY: CHONA YAMBAO, JOEL YAMBAO, WILLY YAMBAO, LENNIE YAMBAO AND RICHARD YAMBAO, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS ACTING UNDER THEIR AUTHORITY, Petitioners, v. HEIRS OF HERMOGENES YAMBAO, NAMELY: ELEANOR YAMBAO, ALBERTO YAMBAO, DOMINIC YAMBAO, ASESCLO YAMBAO, GERALD DANTIC AND MARIA PILAR YAMBAO, WHO ARE ALL REPRESENTED BY THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, MARIA PILAR YAMBAO., Respondents.
THIRD DIVISION
G.R. No. 194260, April 13, 2016
HEIRS OF FELICIANO YAMBAO, NAMELY: CHONA YAMBAO, JOEL YAMBAO, WILLY YAMBAO, LENNIE YAMBAO AND RICHARD YAMBAO, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS ACTING UNDER THEIR AUTHORITY, Petitioners, v. HEIRS OF HERMOGENES YAMBAO, NAMELY: ELEANOR YAMBAO, ALBERTO YAMBAO, DOMINIC YAMBAO, ASESCLO YAMBAO, GERALD DANTIC AND MARIA PILAR YAMBAO, WHO ARE ALL REPRESENTED BY THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, MARIA PILAR YAMBAO., Respondents.
R E S O L U T I O N
REYES, J.:
This is a petition for review on certiorari1 under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court seeking to annul and set aside the Decision2 dated October 22, 2010 issued by the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 92755, which reversed and set aside the Decision dated December 23, 2008 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Iba, Zambales, Branch 69, in SP. Civil Case No. RTC-88-I.
The subject of this case is a parcel of land located in Barangay Bangan, Botolan, Zambales, which was originally possessed by Macaria De Ocampo