G.R. No. 178908 - SPOUSES EULOGIO N. ANTAZO AND NELIA C. ANTAZO, VS. LEONIDES DOBLADA, DIOSDADO CELESTRA, LEOPOLDO CELESTRA, FERDINAND CELESTRA, AND ROBERTO DOBLADA. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

Wherefore, this Court reconsiders the Decision of Judge Bernelito R. Fernandez, dated August 18, 2005, and the Decision of the Municipal Trial Court of Binangonan dated July 2, 2004 is hereby reversed as follows: That the complaint which was dismissed by the Lower Court is hereby reinstated. That this Court finds that the plaintiffs-appellants were in prior possession of lot 112 and 113, subject of this case, before defendants-appellees Eulogio Antazo and Nelia Antazo forcibly seized possession of the aforementioned property from the plaintiffs-appellants. That defendants-appellees, Eulogio Antazo, and Nelia Antazo are hereby ordered to vacate lots 112, 113 situated at Barrio Pila-Pila, Binangonan, Rizal, covered by Tax Declaration No. 17-0765 consisting of 787.87 square meters. That there was a substantial compliance of the Katarungan Pambarangay Law. That the defendants-appellees are hereby ordered to pay 1,000.00 a month as reasonable compensation for the occupancy of the lots from the time they purchased the property on April 21, 2003 up to the present. The defendants-appellees are hereby ordered to pay attorney's fees in the amount of 20,000.00 pesos. To pay the costs of suit. SO ORDERED.