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Mun of Hagonoy vs. Sec. Of Agric. & Natural Resources,et al.

MUNICIPALITY OF HAGONOY, in the Province of Bulacan, plaintiff-appellant, vs. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES, DIRECTOR OF LANDS and JOSE B. SANTOS, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-27595 | 1976-10-26

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Appeal from the decision rendered by the Court of First Instance of Bulacan on August 25, 1966, dismissing the complaint in Civil Case No. 3338-M, entitled "Municipality of Hagonoy vs. Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Director of Lands and Jose B. Santos".

The complaint in the court below, dated June 1, 1966, alleges that plaintiff municipality is the lawful and absolute owner of a fishpond situated at Sitio May-Hagonoy, Barrio San Roque, Hagonoy, Bulacan, covered by Tax Declaration No. 4211; that from time immemorial, plaintiff has been in actual, open, peaceful, continuous, exclusive and...