Arceo v. v. CA G.R. No. 81401,18 May 1990 Nature: petition to review the decision o the CA !onente: "nes#uciano, $. %acts: & 'pouses 'pouses A(do A(don n Arceo Arceo and )sco*a )sco*astic stica a Geroni+o Geroni+o had had one son, son, )ste(an. )ste(an. 'pouses were a*so the owners o 4 parce*s o unreistered *and *ocated in !u*i*an, -u*acan. A(don died in 19/, )sco*astica in 1 sept 194 and )ste(an in 'ept 1941. )ste(an sired $ose, !edro, #oren2o, Antonio and 'otera. $ose +arried 3irinia %ranco with who+ he athered chi*dren and are the petitioners o this case aainst $oses si(*ins. & 5n 5cto(e 5cto(err 6or 'ept7 'ept7 1941, 1941, the spouse spouses s Arceo Arceo eecut eecuted ed a deed deed o donatio donation n on the said parce*s o *and in avor o $ose, presented in court as ehi(it $;. 5n Auust 190, 190, the spouses Arceo eecuted eecuted another another deed o donation to $ose on on the sa+e parce*s o *and, presented in court as ehi(it <;. )hi(it $ and < were eecuted inter vivos. 5n the other hand, on 5cto(er /6or /07 1941 which was, ehi(it 1;, the spouses Arceo eecuted a deed o donation to A## GRAN=C>"#=R)N inc*udin $ose, there(y revo?in ehi(it $;. & 5n 1 $anua $anuary ry 19, 19, !etitio !etitioners ners i*ed i*ed with with the Cadastra Cadastra** Court Court 6CC7 an app*ication or the 4 *ots under the strenth o ehi(its $ and <. Respondents contested the petition on the strenth o ehi(it 1. CC dis+issed the petition and distri(uted the *and (ased on intestate succession, CA air+ed the decision CC, hence this petition. "ssue: @5N the CC had no urisdiction to decide cases on c*ai+s o ownership o property. Ru*in: No. A= urisdiction to decide cases on c*ai+s o ownership o property. Bnder 'ection o the !roperty Reistration =ecree, the urisdiction o the Rence, decision o CA is set aside.
