Facts:

• The case involves Rey Geal (petitioner) and Emma Geal (respondent), decided by the Supreme Court on April 29, 2005.
• The dispute concerns Lot No. 94 in Sitio Sta. Rosa, Barangay Bongol, San Vicente, Guimbal, Iloilo, part of Maria E. Garingalao's estate, who died intestate.
• Maria's heirs included Tomas Geal, Sr. and his sister Paz G. Geal.
• In 1952, Tomas Geal, Sr., his daughter Emma, and her husband Gonzalo Ceballos took possession of the property.
• Tomas Geal, Sr. sold the property to the Ceballos spouses, which Paz Geal opposed.
• Paz filed a complaint for recovery of ownership and possession, but it was dismissed upon her death.
• On February 15, 1989, Tomas Geal, Jr. filed a forcible entry complaint against the Ceballos spouses, claiming rightful possession of Lot No. 94.
• The Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) ruled in favor of the Ceballos spouses, a decision affirmed by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) and the Court of Appeals (CA).
• The CA ordered Geal, Jr. to vacate a 1,000-square-meter portion of the property.
• The Ceballos spouses later filed another forcible entry complaint against Geal, Jr. and his relatives, claiming illegal entry into Lot No. 94.
• The MCTC and RTC ruled in favor of the Ceballos spouses, leading to further appeals and motions for execution pending appeal.

Issue:

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Ruling:

• The Court of Appeals did not err; previous decisions did not bar the spouses Ceballos from claiming possession of the remaining portion of Lot No. 94.
• The sheriff's execution placing the petitioner in possession of the 7,734-square-meter portion was...(Unlock)

Ratio:

• The Supreme Court affirmed the CA's decision, stating that previous rulings only addressed the 1,000-square-meter portion and did not include the remaining 7,734 square meters.
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