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Mapa vs. Insular Government

CIRILO MAPA, petitioner-appellee, vs. THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-3793 | 1908-02-19

D E C I S I O N



WILLARD, J.:

This case comes from the Court of Land Registration. The petitioner sought to have registered a tract of land of about 16 hectares in extent, situated in the barrio of San Antonio, in the district of Mandurriao, in the municipality of Iloilo. Judgment was rendered in favor of the petitioner and the Government has appealed. A motion for a new trial was made and denied in the court below, but no exception was taken to the order denying it, and we therefore can not review the evidence.

The decision of that court was based upon Act No. 926 section 54, paragraph 6 which follows:

"All persons who by themselves or...