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Republic Of The Phil. vs. Cesario Octobre, Et Al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. CESARIO OCTOBRE, SHERWIN TAMANG, JAMES OLILA, TERIO BAMBICO and ERNESTO ROSIMO, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-18867 | 1966-04-30

D E C I S I O N 


BARRERA, J.: 

The Republic of the Philippines instituted in the Court of First Instance of Baguio an action for recovery of possession of a portion of land with an area of one and one-half hectares, allegedly acquired by it by purchase from one Ramon Valles in 1925, for the use of the Mountain National Agricultural School with reserved lands in La Trinidad, Mountain Province, and illegally occupied by defendants Cesario Octobre, Sherwin Tamang, James Olila, Terio Bambico, and Ernesto Rosimo, plaintiff also demanding damages for such unlawful occupancy. 

In their answer to this complaint, defendants set up the...