- Petitioner
- Consolacion Rabina-Valdez
- Respondent
- Spouses Dominador Valdez, Sr.
- Citation
- G.R. No. 187572
- Court
- Supreme Court
- Division
- First Division
- Decided
- September 7, 2015
Summary
This case involves a family property dispute over inherited land in Candon City, Ilocos Sur. Petitioners, as registered owners under OCT No. 0-1042, filed an accion reivindicatoria in 2006 to recover specific lots occupied by respondent relatives. Respondents successfully defended by proving their family inherited the land from Justo Valdez, who received it from his father Simeon, and had possessed it adversely for over 70 years. Both the RTC and CA ruled in favor of respondents, ordering reconveyance of title and finding the action had prescribed. The Supreme Court dismissed petitioners' certiorari petition for failure to file a motion for reconsideration and absence of grave abuse of discretion, emphasizing that factual findings of lower courts deserve great weight and respect.