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January 10, 2000 - ROMEO RANOLA, ET AL. v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.:

PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

SECOND DIVISION

[G.R. No. 123951. January 10, 2000.]

ROMEO RANOLA AND NELSON RANOLA, Petitioners, v. COURT OF APPEALS, FERMIN B. ALFORQUE,
MARCELINA A. LALUNA, MARIA B. ALFORQUE, ALBERTO ALFORQUE, BERNARDO ALFORQUE, JR.,
MARCELO ALFORQUE, NICOLAS ALFORQUE, MARINA ALFORQUE and CESARIO ALFORQUE * ,
Respondents.
DECISION

BELLOSILLO, J.:

ROMEO RANOLA and NELSON RANOLA, Petitioners, seek a review and to reverse and/or nullify the 10
October 1995 Decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the Decision of the Regional Trial Court,
Br. 23, Cebu City, declaring respondents as the true owners of the parcel of land covered by Tax
Declaration No. 029785 with an area of 495 square meters, more or less, as well as its Resolution of 8
February 1996 denying a reconsideration.chanrobles virtual lawlibrary

Respondents Fermin B. Alforque, Marcelina A. Laluna, Maria B. Alforque, Alberto Alforque, Bernardo
Alforque Jr., Marcelo Alforque, Nicolas Alforque, Marina Alforque and Cesario Alforque are the
descendants and heirs of one Cesario Alforque, a resident of Barrio Tuyan, Naga, Cebu, who owned
several parcels of land in his barrio. In December 1960 his children herein named executed a document
known as "Affidavit (Declaration of Heirs)" where they agreed for sentimental reasons and convenience
to hold pro indiviso as their community property the following two (2) parcels of land belonging to their
father, the deceased Cesario Alforque, located in Barrio Tuyan, Naga, Cebu, and described as —

(a) A parcel of cocoland declared in the name of the deceased Cesario Alforque covered by Tax
Declaration No. 10829, covering an area of 285 square meters, with seven (7) fruit-bearing coconut
trees as permanent improvement and a two (2) storey house with G.I. roofing and lumber walling and
flooring, bounded on the North by land of Gregorio Repolido, on the East by land of Gregorio Repolido,
on the south by national road, and on the West by land of Eulogio Alforo and in the possession of private
respondents, with an assessed value of P120.00 at least as of December 1960; and (b) A parcel of
cocoland declared in the name of the deceased Cesario Alforque, covered by Tax Declaration No. 11023,
with an area of 4,090 square meters with twenty (20) fruit-bearing coconut trees as permanent
improvement, bounded on the North by land of Florencio Lapayag, on the East by seashore, on the
south by land of Gregorio Navales, and on the West by the national road, with an assessed value of
P440.00, which is presently in the possession of private respondents.
In 1967 respondents as heirs of Cesario Alforque mortgaged the two (2) parcels of land above-described
to the Rural Bank of Talisay to secure a loan, and upon their failure to pay the loan the bank foreclosed
the mortgaged property. On 29 December 1979 the Rural Bank of Talisay sold the foreclosed property to
defendant Nelson Ranola for P5,000.00.

Nelson Ranola however could not take possession of the 285-square meter cocoland, the first parcel of
land herein above-described in par. (a), in view of the claim of Fermin B. Alforque, one of the heirs of
Cesario Alforque, that the wooden house situated on the land as well as part of the rear portion was not
among the property sold by the Rural Bank of Talisay to Nelson Ranola.

In December 1982 Nelson Ranola filed a complaint for ejectment against Angeles Alforque, occupant of
the house and said to be a sister-in-law of the Alforques, with the Municipal Trial Court of Naga, Cebu,
docketed as Civil Case No. R-164. In his amended complaint dated 22 December 1982 Nelson Ranola
alleged that he was the absolute and registered owner of a 285-square meter lot in Tuyan, Naga, Cebu
covered by Tax Declaration No. 17354. 1 Subsequently, Nelson Ranola and Angeles Alforque entered
into a compromise agreement now embodied in the 28 February 1984 decision of the lower court
declaring that the latter should vacate the premises and that the residential house found on the land
should be given to her.

Thereupon the house was transferred to a site not far from its former location, on a lot claimed by the
heirs of Cesario Alforque as among their inherited properties and which was separate and distinct from
the lot bought by Nelson Ranola from the rural bank. The latter thereafter filed a motion to declare
Angeles Alforque and six (6) of the heirs of Cesario Alforque in contempt of court. The trial court
however denied the motion but declared that there should be no contempt until the ownership or
identity of the specific site on which the constructions were built was conclusively determined.

During the pendency of the ejectment case, the lands in Naga, Cebu, were cadastrally surveyed. The
heirs of Cesario Alforque received a survey notification card dated 16 December 1982 showing at the
back thereof a sketch of the property being claimed, denominated as Lot No. 2015, marked "Heirs of
Cesario Alforque," and declaring as one of the adjoining property owners Nelson Ranola for that 285-
square meter parcel of land which he bought from the Rural Bank of Talisay. 2 Later, a survey
notification card dated 28 April 1983 was issued to petitioner Nelson Ranola by another member of the
survey team. 3 However, the sketch of the property found at the back thereof included the property
being claimed by the Heirs of Cesario Alforque. At his instance, a sketch plan of the land, denominated
as Lot No. 1102, was prepared patterned after the sketch found at the back of the card and describing
his property as containing 531 square meters. 4
Consequently, on 4 September 1984 an action for quieting of title and damages was filed by the Heirs of
Cesario Alforque led by Fermin Alforque against Romeo Ranola 5 praying that they be declared the true
and legal owners of Lot No. 2015 situated in Tuyan, Naga, Cebu, containing an area of approximately
495 square meters, covered by Tax Declaration No. 029785, and bounded on the north by the property
of Catalino Repolido, on the east by the property of Cesario Alforque, on the south by the property of
Pio Navales, and on the west by the property of Rufo Navales. The Heirs of Cesario Alforque further
claimed that the lot was among several parcels inherited by them from Cesario Alforque, separate and
distinct from the 285-square meter property purchased by petitioner Nelson Ranola from the Rural Bank
of Talisay but which petitioners had been trying to usurp through threats and intimidation. The Heirs
likewise claimed that their predecessor-in-interest was in continuous possession of Lot No. 2015 in the
concept of owner since 1946 and had declared it in his name under Tax Declaration No. 00578, 6 and
that they continued such possession from the death of Cesario Alforque and had it declared in their
names under Tax Declarations Nos. 016107 in 1967, 7 008605 in 1974 8 and 029785 in 1980. 9

On 13 March 1985 Nelson Ranola filed his answer with counterclaim stating that the property he bought
from the Rural Bank of Talisay and covered by Tax Declaration No. 17354 had a total area of 531 square
meters which included the portion being claimed by the Heirs of Cesario Alforque and identified as Lot
No. 1102, Cadastral Survey No. 747-FD, Case No. 7, and that his ownership over the property had
already been fully established in the ejectment case, docketed as Civil Case No. R-164, hence barred by
res judicata. Nelson Ranola likewise contended that the Heirs of Cesario Alforque perjured themselves
when they claimed ownership over Lot No. 2015 of Cadastral Survey No. 747-D since the property
actually belonged to one Porferio Sasan, situated in Inayagan, Naga, Cebu, with an area of 4,780 square
meters, with different boundaries.chanrobles.com : virtual law library

On 16 November 1989 private respondents herein filed a second amended complaint alleging that Lot
No. 2015 of Cadastral Survey No. 747-D had been mysteriously erased from the tracing cloth plan,
merged with the lot of Nelson Ranola and then designated as Lot 1102 in his name. Fortunately, the
error was discovered and recorded at the Bureau of Lands as "Nelson Ranola v. Hrs. of Cesario
Alforque," as evidenced by Bureau of Lands Form No. 70 C V-4, Exh. "00-2."cralaw virtua1aw library

On 18 June 1991 the trial court ruled in favor of respondents finding that there were noticeable erasures
of the line separating the property of Nelson Ranola from the property of the Heirs of Cesario Alforque
on the original tracing cloth plan, which resulted in the considerable increase of the area of Nelson
Ranola’s property from 285 square meters to 531 square meters. Hence, the trial court declared
respondents as the true owners of the disputed property; directed the Bureau of Lands to revise the
survey of Lot No. 1102 by segregating therefrom, from points 5 to 9, the portion belonging to the latter,
and to assign a new lot number to the portion adjudicated to respondents. The claim of Nelson Ranola
over the disputed land was declared invalid and petitioners were ordered to pay jointly and severally to
respondents P20,000.00 as moral damages and P10,000.00 as attorney’s fees, and to pay costs. 10

On 10 October 1995 respondent Court of Appeals affirmed the Decision of the trial court, 11 and on 8
February 1996 the motion to reconsider the Decision was denied.

Petitioners now pray this Court to determine who has a better right over the disputed property.
Petitioners insist that the appellate court erred in relying on the survey notification card presented by
respondents as basis for its adjudication as the same is fake and does not exist in the records of the
Bureau of Lands. Petitioners invite our attention to the certification of 11 February 1990 issued by
Surveyor Enrique G. Fuentes, allegedly a signatory on the card, that the same was null and void, 12 and
the admission of Pilar Cabahug, Chief of the Survey Section, Bureau of Lands, that the card was not
issued by the Bureau of Lands. 13

Petitioners furthermore assert that Lot No. 2015, per existing cadastral survey of Naga, Cebu, on file
with the Bureau of Lands, actually belongs to Porfirio Sasan with an area of 4,780 square meters and
situated in Inayagan, Naga, Cebu, two (2) kilometers away from Lot No. 1102, contrary to the
representations made by respondents. Hence, it should be concluded that the survey notification card
held by respondents showing them as owners of Lot No. 2015, with an area of 495 square meters, is
fake and cannot be the basis of the division of the genuine survey of Lot No. 1102 into two (2) lots.

In sustaining the claim of respondents over subject property, the appellate court did not commit any
reversible error. That the lot claimed by respondents is separate and distinct from the parcel of land
bought by Nelson Ranola from the Rural Bank of Talisay is clearly shown by the series of Tax
Declarations covering the lot, from year 1950 and by subsequent revisions thereof in 1967, 1974 and
1980. Cesario Alforque had been in continuous possession in the concept of owner of the property since
1950 and declared it in his name in the same year under Tax Declaration No. 00578. Upon his death, his
heirs took possession of the property and declared the land in their names under Tax Declarations Nos.
016107, 008605 and 029785. All these tax declarations consistently show that a parcel of land situated
in Tuyan, Naga, Cebu, with an area of 495 square meters, bounded on the north by Catalina Repolido,
on the south by Pio Navales, on the east by Cesario Alforque or his heirs, and on the west by Rufo
Navales or his heirs, was formerly owned by Cesario Alforque and later by his heirs. While it is true that
tax receipts and tax declarations are not incontrovertible evidence of ownership, they constitute
credible proof of a claim of title over the property. 14 Coupled with the Alforques’ actual possession of
the property since 1946, the tax declarations become strong evidence of ownership. 15
On the other hand, it remains indisputable that one of the properties mortgaged by the Alforques in
favor of the Rural Bank of Talisay was the lot containing an area of 285 square meters and it was the
same parcel of land which that bank ultimately foreclosed and sold at public auction to petitioner
Nelson Ranola. The 29 December 1979 Deed of Absolute Sale executed by the bank to Nelson Ranola
also shows that the property subject of the sale contained an area of 285 square meters only. This lot
was originally declared in the name of Cesario Alforque under Tax Declaration No. 10829 in 1958. 16 It
was later cancelled by Tax Declaration No. 12271 in 1961, 17 then by Tax Declaration No. 016086 in
1967 18 and by Tax Declaration No. 008598 in 1974, 19 all declared in the names of respondents
Bernardo, Marcelina, Maria and Fermin Alforque. When the property was transferred to the Rural Bank
of Talisay in 1975 it was covered by Tax Declaration No. 013732, 20 and was thereafter transferred anew
to petitioner Nelson Ranola under Tax Declaration No. 17354. 21 In all these tax declarations, the
property was invariably described as containing an area of 285 square meters, situated in Barrio Tuyan,
Naga, Cebu, and bounded on the north and east by property of Gregorio Repolido, on the south by the
highway, and on the west by Eulogio Alforo.chanrobles.com : chanrobles.com.ph

Moreover, Nelson Ranola acknowledged the expanse of the property which he bought from the Rural
Bank of Talisay as only 285 square meters in the ejectment case which he filed against Angeles Alforque.
Such judicial admission is conclusive upon him; he is precluded from denying it.

With the series of tax declarations and the deed of absolute sale, combined with the judicial admission
of petitioner Nelson Ranola in this regard, it becomes certain that the area of Lot No. 1102 is confined
only to 285 square meters. That the cadastral survey notification card of Lot No. 1102 issued to Nelson
Ranola allegedly reflected an actual area of 531 square meters is of no moment as the deed of sale
reveals that the subject of the sale is limited only to 285 square meters, no more no less. It was that
expanse which was sold; it was the same expanse that was bought.

Furthermore, an examination by the trial court of the sketch plan of Lot No. 1102 revealed an alteration
in its preparation. There was a noticeable erasure of the line separating the property of petitioner
Nelson Ranola from the property claimed by the Heirs of Cesario Alforque, particularly referring to the
line connecting points 5 and 9, as was discerned from an analysis of the original tracing cloth plan,
thereby resulting in the increase in the area of Nelson Ranola’s property and his encroachment on the
495-square meter property of respondents. The findings of the lower court being conclusive unless
arbitrarily arrived at, we see no reason to disturb them in the case before us.
Petitioners assail the authenticity and due execution of the survey notification card presented by the
Heirs of Cesario Alforque as an inaccurate basis to subdivide Lot No. 1102 into two (2) lots. But we are
not persuaded. Surveyor Enrique G. Fuentes was not presented during the trial to substantiate his claim;
hence, his certification is of little weight. However we are convinced by the declaration of Survey Chief
Pilar Cabahug that the survey card was not issued by the Bureau of Lands. The trial court therefore
should not have relied on the survey card in ordering the segregation of the portion marked Exhibit "T-
1" in favor of respondents, and assigning the portion marked Exhibit "T-2" to petitioner Nelson Ranola.
Nevertheless, inasmuch as the sketch plan indicated the area of Lot No. 1102 to be 531 square meters,
instead of only 285 square meters, we shall order its revision.

Concerning the other argument of petitioners that per records of the Bureau of Lands Lot No. 2015
refers to a different property which is claimed by another, this circumstance should not be taken against
respondents since they merely relied on the sketch plan of the disputed property designating it as such.

However, the trial court erred in awarding P20,000.00 as moral damages and P10,000.00 as attorney’s
fees without making a finding thereon. Whenever granted, the court must explicitly state in the body of
its decision, and not only in the dispositive portion thereof, the legal reason for the award. 22 The power
of the courts to grant damages and attorney’s fees demands factual, legal and equitable justification; its
basis cannot be left to speculation or conjecture. 23

WHEREFORE, the petition is PARTIALLY GRANTED. The Decision of respondent Court of Appeals of 10
October 1995 affirming the Decision of the trial court, as well as its Resolution of 8 February 1996
denying reconsideration thereof is AFFIRMED subject to the MODIFICATION that the award of moral
damages and attorney’s fees is DELETED.

Private respondents FERMIN B. ALFORQUE, MARCELINA A. LALUNA, MARIA B. ALFORQUE, ALBERTO

ALFORQUE, BERNARDO ALFORQUE JR., MARCELO ALFORQUE, NICOLAS ALFORQUE, MARINA ALFORQUE
and CESARIO ALFORQUE, are declared the owners pro-indiviso of the 495-square meter parcel of land
situated in Barrio Tuyan, Naga, Cebu.chanrobles.com : red

The Bureau of Lands is ordered to revise the survey of Lot No. 1102 as shown in the sketch plan to
conform to its area of 285 square meters and thereafter to submit the revised sketch plan to the trial
court of origin. The Bureau of Lands is directed to assign a new lot number to the portion adjudicated to
respondents to be reflected in the revised sketch plan.
Petitioners Romeo and Nelson Ranola are directed henceforth to cease and desist from further
disturbing the ownership and possession of respondents over the property in litigation.

SO ORDERED.chanrobles.com : virtual law library

Mendoza, Quisumbing, Buena and De Leon, Jr., JJ., concur.

Endnotes:

* An heir and namesake of the deceased Cesario Alforque.

1. Exhs. "L" and "L-1."cralaw virtua1aw library

2. Exh. "M;" Plaintiffs’ Folder of Exhibits, p. 15.

3. Exh. "19;" Defendants’ Folder of Exhibits, p. 20.

4. Exh. "T;" Plaintiffs’ Folder of Exhibits, p. 22.

5. Romeo Ranola is the brother of Nelson Ranola. Romeo was sued in his capacity as attorney-in-fact of
Nelson. The complaint filed by the Heirs of Cesario Alforque was later amended to include Nelson
Ranola as the real party in interest.

6. Exh. "A;" id., p. 1.

7. Exh. "B;" id., p. 2.

8. Exh. "C;" id., p. 3.

9. Exh. "D;" id., p. 4.

10. Decision penned by Judge Esperanza F. Garcia of RTC-Br. 23, Cebu City; CA Rollo, pp. 57-58.

11. Decision penned by Justice Jorge S. Imperial, with the concurrence of Justices Eduardo G.
Montenegro and Jose C. de la Rama; Rollo, p. 65.

12. Exhs. "43" and "43-A;" Defendants’ Folder of Exhibits, pp. 43-45.

13. TSN, 21 July 1987, pp. 6-8.

14. Director of Lands v. IAC, G.R. No. 68946, 22 May 1992, 209 SCRA 214.

15. Tabuena v. CA, G.R. No. 85423, 6 May 1991, 196 SCRA 650.

16. Exh. "E;" Plaintiffs’ Folder of Exhibits, p. 5.

17. Exh. "F;" id., p. 6.

18. Exh. "G;" id., p. 7.

19. Exh. "H;" id., p. 8.

20. Exh. "I;" id., p. 9.

21. Exh. "J;" id., p. 10.

22. Scott Consultants & Resource Development Corporation, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 112916,
16 March 1995, 242 SCRA 393; People v. Castro, G.R. No. 122671, 18 November 1997, 282 SCRA 212.

23. Ibid.

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G.R. No. 116332 January 25, 2000 - BAYNE ADJUSTERS AND SURVEYORS v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.

G.R. No. 119595 January 25, 2000 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. JOVITO BARONA, ET AL.

G.R. No. 120267 January 25, 2000 - CLARA ESPIRITU BORLONGAN, ET AL. v. CONSUELO MADRIDEO, ET
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G.R. No. 121439 January 25, 2000 - AKLAN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED (AKELCO) v. NLRC,
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G.R. No. 129246 January 25, 2000 - GREENFIELD REALTY CORP., ET AL. v. LORETO CARDAMA, ET AL.

G.R. Nos. 131633-34 January 25, 2000 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. CRESENCIANO ENOLVA

G.R. No. 133132 January 25, 2000 - ALEXIS C. CANONIZADO, ET AL. v. ALEXANDER P. AGUIRRE, ET AL.

G.R. No. 135874 January 25, 2000 - SECURITY BANK CORPORATION v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.

A.M. No. 99-12-192-MTC January 26, 2000 - HOLD DEPARTURE ORDER ISSUED BY ACTING JUDGE
ANICETO L. MADRONIO

A.M. No. RTJ-00-1524 January 26, 2000 - LUCIA F. LAYOLA v. BASILIO R. GABO, JR.

G.R. No. 107395 January 26, 2000 - TOURIST DUTY FREE SHOPS v. SANDIGANBAYAN, ET AL.
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G.R. No. 131374 January 26, 2000 - ABBOTT LABORATORIES PHIL. v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEES
UNION, ET AL.

G.R. No. 133842 January 26, 2000 - FEDERICO S. SANDOVAL v. COMELEC, ET AL.

G.R. No. 133969 January 26, 2000 - NEMESIO GARCIA v. NICOLAS JOMOUAD, ET AL.

G.R. Nos. 102961-62, 107625 & 108759 January 27, 2000 - JESUS P. LIAO v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.

G.R. No. 117040 January 27, 2000 - RUBEN SERRANO v. NLRC, ET AL.

G.R. No. 130843 January 27, 2000 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ZOILO BORROMEO

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A.M. No. MTJ-00-1246 January 28, 2000 - HEIRS OF JUAN and NATIVIDAD GERMINANDA v. RICARDO
SALVANERA

A.M. No. MTJ-99-1211 January 28, 2000 - ZENAIDA S. BESO v. JUAN DAGUMAN

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G.R. No. 112177 January 28, 2000 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. TITO ZUELA, ET AL.
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G.R. No. 115824 January 28, 2000 - RAFAEL M. ALUNAN III, ET AL. v. MAXIMIANO C. ASUNCION, ET AL.

G.R. No. 125279 January 28, 2000 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. JESUS TANAIL

G.R. No. 124129 January 28, 2000 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. DOMINGO BRIGILDO

G.R. Nos. 124384-86 January 28, 2000 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ROMENCIANO "OMENG" RICAFRANCA,
ET AL.

G.R. No. 125671 January 28, 2000 - CONDO SUITE CLUB TRAVEL v. NLRC, ET AL.

G.R. No. 125865 January 28, 2000 - JEFFREY LIANG (HUEFENG) v. PEOPLE OF THE PHIL.

G.R. No. 126802 January 28, 2000 - ROBERTO G. ALARCON v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.

G.R. No. 127568 January 28, 2000 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. ROLANDO BACULE

G.R. Nos. 129756-58 January 28, 2000 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. JULIAN DEEN ESCAÑO, ET AL.

G.R. No. 131520 January 28, 2000 - ESTELITA AGUIRRE v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL.

G.R. No. 131778 January 28, 2000 - HERMAN TIU LAUREL v. PRESIDING JUDGE, ET AL.
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G.R. No. 133486 January 28, 2000 - ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORP. v. COMELEC

G.R. No. 133987 January 28, 2000 - PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. v. JOHNNY BARTOLOME

G.R. No. 136805 January 28, 2000 - DIESEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC. v. JOLLIBEE FOODS CORP.

G.R. No. 137537 January 28, 2000 - SMI DEVT. CORP. v. REPUBLIC OF THE PHIL.

G.R. No. 137718 January 28, 2000 - REYNALDO O. MALONZO, ET AL. v. RONALDO B. ZAMORA, ET AL.

G.R. No. 139545 January 28, 2000 - MAIMONA H. N. M. S. DIANGKA v. COMELEC, ET AL.

A.M. No. MTJ-99-1226 January 31, 2000 - GLORIA LUCAS v. AMELIA A. FABROS

G.R. Nos. 88521-22 & 89366-67 January 31, 2000 - HEIRS OF EULALIO RAGUA v. COURT OF APPEALS, ET
AL.

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