Last March 6, 2012, the Supreme
Court en banc promulgated its resolution in Manotok vs. Barque, G.R. Nos. 162335 & 162605, the case involving Lot No. 823 of the Piedad Estate (a former friar land)
located in Quezon City.
Voting 9-6, the High Tribunal DENIED WITH FINALITY the motions for
reconsideration filed by all parties in this case. It REITERATED
its August 24, 2012 decision declaring that the subject lot legally belongs to the national
government of the Republic of the Philippines, and denying the respective claims of
the opposing parties (the Manotoks as petitioners, the Barques as
respondents, and the Manahans as intervenors) over Lot No. 823.
