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Albina De Los Santos vs. Alejandro Rodriguez, Et Al.

ALBINA DE LOS SANTOS, petitioner, vs. ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES, and the COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-23170 | 1968-01-31

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

Appeal by certiorari from a decision of the Court of Appeals. 

The factual background, as found by said Court, is as follows: On August 11, 1931, the Director of Lands approved a homestead application of Albina de los Santos - hereinafter referred to as Santos - covering an unsurveyed portion of the public lands in Tagum, Davao. When said lands were surveyed on March 4, 1937, the portion applied for by Santos was designated as Lot No. 879, with an area of 15.8648 hectares. The order for the issuance of her patent was released on July 6, 1940 and Homestead Patent No. 67930, covering said lot,...