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Ude Soliman vs. Icdang (Bagobo), Et Al.

UDE SOLIMAN (BAGOBA), plaintiff-appellee, vs. ICDANG (BAGOBO) and YO-ON (BAGOBA), defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-15924 | 1961-05-31

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

Appeal, taken by defendants Icdang and Yo-on, both Bagobos, from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Davao. Although the record on appeal was, as requested by appellants, originally certified to the Court of Appeals, the same subsequently forwarded the case to us, there being no dispute about the main facts and only questions of law being raised in the appeal. 

Defendants Icdang and Yo-on are husband and wife. Sometime in 1940, their son Adolfo Icdang married plaintiff Ude Soliman. On September 18, 1941, the Director of Lands approved a homestead application filed by Adolfo Icdang...