Estate of Taisacan v. Hattori

DELA CRUZ, Chief Justice:

The estate of Lina M. Taisacan (hereinafter “Estate”) through its administratrix, Olympia T. Leon Guerrero, appeals an adverse judgment entered in an encroachment action. The case arose as a result of an allegedly erroneous government survey of a certain parcel of land located in Teteto, Rota, that belongs to Juan Hattori. Concluding that neither Hattori nor his predecessor in interest acted “negligently or intentionally” in extending the boundaries of the defendants’ property, the trial court held that the Estate was not entitled to relief against the named…