REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE REGISTER OF DEEDS, VS. HEIRS OF DIEGO LIM, NAMELY, PRUDENCIA D. LIM, ANGELINA D. LIM, SIXTA D. LIM BAJA, ERNESTO D. LIM, MIGUEL D. LIM, JOSEFAD.LIM, CASIMIRO D. LIM, BUENAVENTURA D. LIM, AND ENGRACIA D. LIM UY, (THE LAST FIVE BEING DECEASED, BUT REPRES

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered: 1) Declaring the defendants and their respective transferees to be the absolute owners and lawful possessors of the lots described in their respective certificates of title; 2) Dismissing the plaintiffs' complaint for lack of legal basis; 3) Dismissing the defendants' counterclaim for lack of factual basis there being no evidence submitted by them during the trial; and 4) Dismissing the cross-claims of some of the defendants for being now moot and academic in view of this depision. SO ORDERED.