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Eufemia Acierto, Et Al. Vs. Francisco De Los Santos, Et Al. 095 Phil 887

EUFEMIA ACIERTO, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellees, vs. FRANCISCO DE LOS SANTOS, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-5828 | 1954-09-29

D E C I S I O N


REYES, A., J.:

On February 15, 1940, Pelagio Acierto was granted a homestead patent to a portion of public land situate in the municipality of Tuao, Cagayan, province. Two months later, the land was, as required by Land Registration Act (section 122), brought under its operation through the registration of the patent in the register of deeds for the province and issue of the corresponding certificate of title and owner's duplicate thereof.

Pelagio Acierto died on January 20, 1945. On April 3, 1951, his children, the plaintiffs herein, brought an action in the Court of First Instance of Cagayan against the defendants...