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Manila Electric Company vs Judge Floreliana Castro-Bartolome, et al

[2/2] MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, petitioner-appellant, vs. JUDGE FLORELIANA CASTRO-BARTOLOME of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Makati Branch XV, and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-49623 | 1982-06-29

Separate Opinions

ABAD SANTOS, J., concurring:

I concur in the result. I am of the opinion that the lots which are sought to be registered have ceased to be lands of the public domain at the time they were acquired by the petitioner corporation. They are already private lands because of acquisitive prescription by the predecessors of the petitioner and all that is needed is the confirmation of the title. Accordingly, the constitutional provision that no private corporation or association may hold alienable lands of the public domain is inapplicable. However, the petitioner is relying on Sec. 48 of the Public Land Act for the confirmation...