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Benito E. Lim, Etc. Vs. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Etc., And Kagawa, 107 Phil 344

BENITO E. LIM, as administrator of the Intestate Estate of Arsenia Enriquez, plaintiff and appellant, vs. HERBERT BROWNELL, JR., Attorney General of the United States, and ASAICHI KAGAWA, defendants and appellees, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, intervenor and appellee.

G.R. No. L-8587 | 1960-03-24

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ DAVID, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of First Instance of Manila, dismissing plaintiff's action for the recovery of real property of lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter.
The property in dispute consists of four parcels of land situated in Tondo, City of Manila, with a total area of 29,151 square meters. The lands were, after the last world war, found by the Alien Property Custodian of the United States to be registered in the name of Asaichi Kagawa, national of an enemy country, Japan, as evidenced by Transfer Certificates of Title Nos. 64904 to 65140, inclusive, for which reason the said...