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City of Baguio vs. Marcos 27 SCRA 342

CITY OF BAGUIO, REFORESTATION ADMINISTRATION, FRANCISCO G. JOAQUIN, SR., FRANCISCO G. JOAQUIN, JR., and TERESITA J. BUCHHOLZ, petitioners, vs. HON. PIO R. MARCOS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Baguio, BELONG LUTES, and THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-26100 | 1969-02-28

D E C I S I O N
 
 
SANCHEZ, J.:
 
Petitioners attack the jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance of Baguio to reopen cadastral proceedings under Republic Act 931. Private petitioners specifically question the ruling of the Court of Appeals that they have no personality to oppose reopening. The three-pronged contentions of all the petitioners are: (1) the reopening petition was filed outside the 40-year period next preceding the approval of Republic Act 931; (2) said petition was not published; and (3) private petitioners, as lessees of the public land in question, have court standing under Republic Act 931. The facts follow:...