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George Kalitas vs. Catalino Lido, Et Al.

GEORGE KALITAS, petitioner, vs. CATALINO LIDO and the Hon. Judge VICENTE CUSI, JR., Judge of the Court of First Instance of Davao, respondents.

G.R. No. L-22452 | 1969-04-25

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

The petitioner George Kalitas filed suit in the Court of First Instance of Davao for the recovery of possession of a portion of land situated in Mati, Davao, which, he averred, was being illegally occupied by the respondent Catalino Lido. The respondent denied the charge, claiming that he was and is the owner of the portion in dispute. He contended that although the portion was included in the survey and registration of title in the name of the petitioner, his ownership thereof was thereafter acknowledged by the petitioner in a public instrument, annex "1" of the answer. Accordingly, he asked the...