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RP vs. Diaz

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (LAND AUTHORITY), plaintiff-appellant, vs. HERACLIO D. DIAZ, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-36486 | 1979-08-06

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

This appeal of the Republic of the Philippines (Land Authority) from the order dated June 24, 1970, of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija, Branch I, in Civil Case No. 5143, entitled "Republic of the Philippines (Land Authority) vs. Heraclio D. Diaz, "dismissing its Complaint for recovery of possession of Lot No. 1467 of the Santa Rosa Cadastre, Nueva Ecija, was certified to this Court by the Third Division of the Court of Appeals* in a Resolution promulgated on February 19, 1973, on the ground that only a pure question of law is involved. 1

The following are the antecedental facts:

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