JurisprudenceG.R. No. 123490 -

SPOUSES NENA ARRIOLA AND FRANCISCO ADOLFO, GENEROSA CAWIT-LUMAYNO, MANUEL LUMAYNO, TERESITA LUMAYNO-FLORES, ZENAIDA LUMAYNO-JACILDO, MADELINE LUMAYNO-PRIEST, MA.VICTORIA LUMAYNO-PETERSEN, AND BEMELO MAHILUM, VS. DEMETRIO, LOLITA, PEDRO, NENA, BRAULIO AND DOMINGA, ALL SURNAMED MAHILUM, AND THE HONORA

Cited Laws

RA 1RA 289RA 663RA 351,RA 462RA 167RA 287RA 172RA 218,RA 439RA 596RA 102,RA 148,RA 762,RA 670,RA 735RA 703

TL;DR — Ruling

WHEREFORE, the decision appealed from is hereby REVERSED and set aside and another one rendered declaring: “1. plaintiffs-appellants as absolute owners of one-half of Lot. No. 1478-B of Escalante Cadastre, less the portions owned by Ugtongan Elementary School and Ricardo Mahilum; “2.

Decision

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the decision appealed from is hereby REVERSED and set aside and another one rendered declaring: 1. plaintiffs-appellants as absolute owners of one-half of Lot. No. 1478-B of Escalante Cadastre, less the portions owned by Ugtongan Elementary School and Ricardo Mahilum; 2. Ricardo Mahilum as the owner of that portion described in TCT No. 60561, which was bought by his predecessor-in-interest Fausto Moncada from Simeon Mahilum; 3. the government as the owner of that portion sold by Simeon to Ugtongan Elementary School; 4. the reconstituted title OCT No. RO-1076 in the name of Eusebio Mahilum and all the titles issued resulting from its partition as null and void. The heirs of Maximo Mahilum having failed to assert their right over the one-half portion of the whole property, the partition and subsequent transfer of ownership as to this portion stays. "SO ORDERED.

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