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Andres Castillo vs. Juan Rodriguez, Et Al.121 Phil. 1107

ANDRES CASTILLO, petitioner-appellant, vs. JUAN RODRIGUEZ, as Secretary of Agriculture-Natural Resources, ZOILO CASTRILLO, as Director of Lands and ELIAS L. CASALS, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-17189 | 1965-06-22

D E C I S I O N 


REGALA, J.: 

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Cebu finding the respondent Elias L. Casals, as represented by Camilo Casala, entitled to preferential right, as against the herein petitioner, in connection with the land disputed at bar. 

As recited in the decision under appeal, the facts of this case, as borne out by the record, are as follows: 

". . . That the lot in question was originally embraced in the area covered by Foreshore Lease Application No. 592 (E-104) of Restituto Casals, father of the appellee, who occupied and improved the same but which application was...