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Republic vs. Court of Appeals and Lastimado

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and ISABEL LASTIMADO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-39473 | 1979-04-30

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

This is a Petition for Review (Appeal) by Certiorari filed by the Republic of the Philippines from the Decision of the Court of Appeals promulgated on September 30, 1974 in CA-G.R. No. Sp-01504 denying the State's Petition for Certiorari and Mandamus.

Briefly, the facts of the case are as follows:

Private respondent, Isabel Lastimado, filed on September 11, 1967, in the Court of First Instance of Bataan, Branch I, a Petition for the reopening of cadastral proceedings over a portion of Lot No. 626 of the Mariveles Cadastre, consisting of 971.0569 hectares, pursuant to Republic Act No. 931, as amended by...