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Dev't. Bank Of The Phil. vs. Lazaro Mangawang, Et Al.

DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. LAZARO MANGAWANG, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-18861 | 1964-06-30

D E C I S I O N 


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.: 

 This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Bataan declaring the Mangawang brothers owners of Lot No. 1633 of the Balanga cadastre. 

 It appears that Gavino Amposta applied with the Director of Lands for the issuance of a homestead patent over a parcel of land situated at Balanga, Bataan. Pending action on his application, cadastral proceedings were instituted by the government in said municipality wherein Amposta filed an answer praying for the adjudication of the same land in his favor which was designated therein as Lot No. 1633. On March 8, 1920, the...