G.R. No. 106472 - JUAN CASTILLO AND MARIA MASANGYA-CASTILLO (SUBSTITUTED BY THEIR LEGAL HEIRS AND CHILDREN, ALEJANDRO CASTILLO, CONSTANCIA C. VILLANUEVA, CRISOSTOMO CASTILLO, PRESELIANA C. ISMAEL AND INDALICIO CASTILLO), VS. COURT OF APPEALS

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of plaintiff [herein private respondent] and against the defendants as follows: (1) Herein plaintiff is hereby declared the lawful owner of the land in question and she is entitled to the legal possession of the same, with costs against the defendants; (2) Defendants are hereby ordered to vacate from (sic) the land in question and they are likewise hereby ordered to restore the possession of the same to the herein plaintiff; (3) Defendants are hereby ordered to pay jointly and severally to plaintiff the sum of P2,000.00 representing attorneys fees and other incidental expenses incurred by plaintiff in connection with this case; (4) Defendants are likewise hereby ordered to pay jointly and severally the herein plaintiff the sum of P1,000.00 annually from the filing of the complaint on February 6, 1976 until such time that the possession of the land in question shall have been restored to the plaintiff. (5) Plaintiffs claim for moral damages is hereby denied for lack of evidence; (6) Defendants counterclaim is hereby denied for being unmeritorious. SO ORDERED.