G.R. No. 210338 - LUIS SERRANO (DECEASED), SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS ATTY. LENITO T. SERRANO, CARMELO A. SERRANO,* DIMPNA SERRANO-ARCANGEL,** AND ATTY. JOSE O. CORTEZ, VS. ROSA P. ESPEJO, MANUELA P. CORPUZ, AND SALVADOR CORPUZ.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, above premises duly considered, the instant Appeal is hereby GRANTED. We, therefore, REVERSE and SET ASIDE the assailed Decision dated December 18, 2008 of the Regional Trial Court of Laoag City, Branch 11. Accordingly, a new judgment is entered as follows: I.) Declaring plaintiffs-appellants Rosa R Espejo, Manuela Corpuz and Salvador Corpuz as the lawful owners of the lot in suit; II.) Declaring as NULL and VOID the following acts: (a) the tax declarations made by the defendants-appellees in their names over the 978 square meter Lot No. 138 and the same be placed back either to the name/s of Evaristo Piedad or to plaintiffs-appellants; and (b) the defendants-appellees Carmelo Serrano and Luis Serrano's sale in favor of defendants-appellees Manuel Dumlao and Susan Dumlao over an area of 678 square meters portion of the subject land. III.) Ordering the defendants-appellees to jointly and solidarily pay the plaintiffs-appellants the amount [of] P50,000.00 as and by way of attorney's fees. SO ORDERED.