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Aguillon vs. Bohol

PURITA S. AGUILON, represented by her Attorney-in-Fact, IGNACIO S. AGUILON, plaintiff-appellant, vs. MONTANO BOHOL, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-27169 | 1977-10-20

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

This case is about the jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance to adjudicate the possessory rights over a parcel of land for which the plaintiff had filed a homestead application but against which application the defendant had filed a protest with the Director of Lands.

On October 21, 1964 Purita S. Aguilon sued Montano Bohol in the Court of First Instance of Davao to recover possession of a portion of Lot No. 3046 situated in Barrio Kinablangan, Baganga, Davao Oriental, with an area of more than twenty-one hectares (Civil Case No. 4464).

Plaintiff Aguilon alleged in her complaint that through her father...