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Order Of Dominicans Vs. Insular Government

THE ORDER OF DOMINICANS, petitioner-appellee, vs. INSULAR GOVERNMENT, ET AL., respondents-appellant.

G.R. No. L-2530 | 1906-12-03

D E C I S I O N


WILLARD, J.:

On the 14th of June 1904, the Order of Dominicans presented petition to the Court of Land Registration asking that be inscribed as the owner of certain tract of land known as the "Hacienda de San Juan del Monte," contain 168 hectares. The Solicitor-General appeared and opposed petition on the ground that the property belonged to the Government. A judgment was entered in the Court of Land Registration on the 7th of December, 1904, granting the prayer of the petition as to all the land except that part included in what was known as the military zone. On the 31st day of October, 1905, another judgment was...