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PMC vs. Zaldivia

PHILEX MINING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. LUZ M. ZALDIVIA and THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, respondents. Agrava & Agrava for petitioner. Ernesto E. Lanzona for respondent Luz M. Zaldivia.

G.R. No. L-29669 | 1972-02-29

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.B.L., J:

Petition to review and set aside the decision of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, upholding, on appeal, the Director of Mines as being without jurisdiction to adjudicate an adverse claim filed by herein petitioner Philex Mining Corporation against the lode lease application recorded in the name of herein private respondent Luz M. Zaldivia to a mining claim, known as "George Claim", located in Tuba, Benguet, Mt. Province.

The Records of the Bureau of Mines disclosed that, by a registered deed of assignment, dated 24 September 1955, George T. Scholey, as locator of the aforesaid mining...