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Celeste Bayot Vs. Director Of Lands 098 Phil 935

The Intestate Estate of Fausto Bayot, represented by CELESTE BAYOT, Judicial Administratrix, applicant-appellee, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-8536 | 1956-04-28

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

The intestate estate of Fausto Bayot, represented by Celeste Bayot, judicial administratrix, filed an application with the Court of First Instance of Masbate for the registration under Act No. 496 of a parcel of land in the barrio of Potot, municipality of Milagros, Masbate, containing an area of 11,354,093 square meters, with an alternative prayer that it also be given the benefit of Chapter VIII of Commonwealth Act No. 141 on the ground that it had been in "peaceful possession under claim of ownership, exclusive of any right, by itself and through its predecessor-in-interest, since time immemorial,...