G.R. No. 148044 - ANTONIO MASAQUEL (NOW DECEASED, REPRESENTED BY HIS SON JOSE MASAQUEL), JULIANA MASAQUEL (NOW DECEASED, REPRESENTED BY HER SON RODOLFO MARRERO), APOLONIA MASAQUEL (NOW DECEASED, REPRESENTED BY HER SON, RODOLFO TOLENTINO) AND MARIA MASAQUEL, VS. JAIME ORIAL. D E C I S I O N - Supreme

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered and finding reversible errors, the challenged decision is REVERSED and a new judgment RENDERED: Declaring the plaintiff-appellant (Jaime Orial) as tenant-tiller of subject landholding; Ordering the defendants-appellees (Jose Juliane, Apolonia and Maria, all surnamed Masaquel [ sic ]) to respect the peaceful possession and cultivation of the subject landholding by the plaintiff-appellant and his immediate household members; Ordering the Municipal Agrarian Reform Office of Antipolo to assist the landowners as agricultural lessor and tenant tiller, as agricultural lessee to fix the lease rental by entering into Contract of Leasehold Agreement pursuant to Section 12 of Republic Act R.A. 6657 and DAR administrative issuances applicable to leasehold arrangement. SO ORDERED.