G.R. No. 194554 - ROMEO M. LANDICHO, vs. WILLIAM C. LIMQUECO. [G.R. No. 194556] EDGAR PEÑALOSA, DARWIN P. LANDICHO, JURIS P. LANDICHO, IVY P. LANDICHO, and FELIPE PEÑALOSA, vs. WILLIAM C. LIMQUECO.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of the petitioners as follows: A ORDERING respondent, Atty. William Limqueco to immediately surrender and deliver to petitioners their respective owner's copies of CLOA No. 00125976 (T-4006); CLOA No. 00125977 (T-4007); CLOA No. 00125978 (T-4008); CLOA No. 00125979 (T-4009); CLOA No. 00125980 (T-4010); CLOA No. 00122648 (T-3747); CLOA No. 00122649 (T-3749); CLOA No. 00122650 (T-3748) and CLOA No. 00122659 (T-3785), within five (5) days from receipt of this decision; B. In the event respondent Limqueco refuses or fails to surrender subject CLOAs/titles to petitioner within the aforesaid 5-day period, ORDERING, the Register of Deeds of Quezon Province to cancel the subject owner's copies of said CLOAs/titles as lost and therefore, null and void and without legal effect, and further ORDERING the DAR Provincial Office, Talipan, Pagbilao, Quezon, in coordination with the Register of Deeds of Quezon Province to cause immediate issuance of new owner's duplicate CLOAs/titles to petitioners which new CLOAs/titles shall immediately be released to the latter, and be accorded full faith, value and credit. C. ORDERING respondent William L. Limqueco and Yang Chin Hai to pay jointly and severally each of the petitioners in the eight (8) petitions herein the amount of P20,000.00 as for compensatory damages, P50,000.00 as for exemplary damages and P50,000.00 as for attorney's fees. D. Ordering defendant Atty. Romeo Landicho to pay petitioners Felipe Peñalosa and Edgar Peñalosa the amount of P20,000.00 each as for compensatory damages, P50,000.00 as for exemplary damages and P50,000.00 each as for attorney's fees. E. DISMISSING the counter-claims of respondents in the herein petitions, and F. DISMISSING the third-party complaints/cross-claims and the counter-claim in DARAB CASE NOS. R-0408-00 and DARAB CASE NO. R-0408-015-00. SO ORDERED.