G.R. No. 246496 - FILOMENA LAZAGA, HEIRS OF MAMERTO AGABAS, NAMELY: NATIVIDAD AGABAS, ERNESTO AGABAS, HEIRS OF DOMINGA LUCENA, NAMELY: ARMANDO LUCENA, HELENITA LUCENA AND ALEXANDER LUCENA, FOR THEMSELVES AND ALSO AS HEIRS OF LORETA SAYDOQUEN, VS. SPOUSES CORAZON ARCANO AND FELIAS ARCANO.D E C I S I

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, JUDGMENT is hereby rendered as follows: Declaring the plaintiffs as the lawful owner of the subject property located in Nalvo, Quimposa, Suyo, Ilocos Sur, described as follows: Unirrigated riceland, covered by tax declaration numbered 753-D in the name of Filomena Agabas Lazaga with an area of 2,258 sq.m., bounded on the North by Melecio Lazaga, on the South by Mamerto Agabas, on the East by a brook and on the West by Andres Daguian; Unirrigated riceland, covered by tax declaration numbered 754-D in the name of Mamerto Agabas with an area of 2,258 sq.m., bounded on the North by Filomena A. Lazaga, on the South by Loreta A. Saydoquen, on the East by a brook and on the West by Andres Daguian; Unirrigated riceland, covered by tax declaration numbered 756-D in the name of Dominga Agabas Lucena with an area of 2,229(sic) sq.m., bounded on the North by Loreta A. Saydoquen, on the South by a brook, on the East by a brook and on the West by Andres Daguian; Unirrigated riceland, covered by tax declaration numbered 755-D in the name of Loreta Agabas Saydoquen with an area of 2,258 sq.m., bounded on the North by Ramon Lazaga, on the South by Dominga A. Lucena, on the East by a brook and on the West by Andres Daguian. Declaring that the subject property is a po1iion of the land which is covered by the Original Certificate of Title No. P-2566 issued in the name of Samuel Subagan and subsequently in the Transfer Certificate of Title No. VLT-197 issued in the name of Corazon Arcano; Consequently, while respecting the certificate of title in the name of defendant Corazon Arcano as indefeasible and incontrovertible, defendants are hereby ordered to reconvey or transfer to the plaintiffs the subject property which is a portion of a land covered by a Transfer Certificate of Title No. VLT-197 issued in the name of Corazon Arcano; Defendants are ordered to pay moral damages in the amount of Ten Thousand (PI0,000.00) Pesos; and Defendants are likewise ordered to pay the plaintiffs the amount of Twenty Thousand (P20,000.00) Pesos as attorney's fees and to pay the cost of suit in the amount of Five Thousand (P5,000.00) Pesos. SO ORDERED.