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Municipality Of Tacloban vs. Director Of Lands 018 Phil 201

THE MUNICIPALITY OF TACLOBAN, applicant-appellee, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, opponent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-5542 | 1911-01-04

D E C I S I O N


TORRES, J.:

On April 6, 1908, the municipal president of Tacloban, Province of Leyte, filed an application in the Court of Land Registration, in representation of the said municipality, soliciting the inscription in the registry, in conformity with the law, of a parcel of land which it was alleged belonged to the municipality mentioned, as absolute owner of the same, situated within the town proper of Tacloban, not comprised within the reservation, bounded on the north by the land owned by the Chinaman La Layco, on the south by Calle San Roque, on the east by the lands belonging to Hilarion Asuncion and the municipality...