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Raymunda S. Digran vs. Auditor General, Et Al.

RAYMUNDA S. DIGRAN, in her capacity as Administratrix of Estate of deceased RUPERTA CABUCOS, petitioner, vs. AUDITOR GENERAL, DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL, COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND CITY ENGINEER OF CEBU CITY, respondents.

G.R. No. L-21593 | 1966-04-29

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.: 

On June 22, 1909, Ruperta Cabucos bought from, and fully paid to, the Government Lot No. 638 of the Banilad Friar Lands Estate situated in Cebu City for which a formal deed of conveyance was executed in her favor on November 27, 1915 by the Friar Land Agency. On February 28, 1916, Transfer Certificate of Title No. RT-3918 (T-320) was issued to her. The Banilad Friar Lands Estate was among the friar lands acquired by the Government for resale to actual tenants or occupants pursuant to Act 1120 of the Philippine Commission. 

Sometime in 1914 or 1915, without prior expropriation proceedings, the...