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Heirs of Batog Lacamen vs. Heirs of Laruan

HEIRS OF BATIOG LACAMEN, petitioners-appellants, vs. HEIRS OF LARUAN, ** respondents-appellants.

G.R. No. L-27088 | 1975-07-31

D E C I S I O N

MARTIN, J:

Petition for review by certiorari of a decision of the Honorable Court of Appeals affirming the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Baguio City in Civil Case No. 738 entitled "Heirs of Batiog Lacamen vs. Heirs of Laruan" ". . . declaring the contract of sale between Lacamen and Laruan null and void [for lack of approval of the Director of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes] . . ."

Petitioners-appellants are the surviving heirs of Batiog Lacamen, while respondents-appellants are the heirs of Laruan. 1

Sometime on January 28, 1928, Laruan executed a Deed of Sale in favor of Batiog Lacamen 2 conveying for...