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Magdalena Rullan vs. Bernardo O. Valdez 120 Phil. 1294

MAGDALENA RULLAN, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. BERNARDO O. VALDEZ, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-20031 | 1964-11-28

D E C I S I O N 


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.: 

On November 24, 1961, Bernardo O. Valdez filed with the Bureau of Mines an application for the lease of certain public mineral lands comprising the amended locations of the SILICA and SELECTA Placer Mining Claims which was ordered published according to law. The first publication was made on December 3, 1961. 

During the period of the publication of the application, Magdalena Rullan and George Alabanza filed with the Bureau of Mines an opposition in the form of adverse claim to the application alleging, among other things, the following: Sometime in February, 1958, Bernardo O. Valdez and...