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Simeon T. Dagdag Vs. Vicente Nepomuceno 105 Phil 216

SIMEON T. DAGDAG, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE NEPOMUCENO, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-12691 | 1959-02-27

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

Forwarded by the Court of Appeals, this lawsuit coming from Nueva Ecija, concerns a small parcel of land. Submitted for decision below upon a stipulation of facts, it raises legal questions only.

A portion of Lot No. 3786, Cabanatuan Cadastre (admittedly alienable or disposable public land was back in 1916) is covered by Sales Patent No. 251 issued to Margarita Juanson, and also by lease No. 49 executed by the Bureau of Lands in favor of Andres de Vera. The overlapping was recently discovered, and their successors in interest now litigate for possession and/or ownership.

The Sales Patent was inscribed in...