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Escano Hermanos Inc. Vs. Court of Appeals

ESCANO HERMANOS INCORPORADO, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. ARTURO R. TANCO, JR., in his capacities as Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Chairman of the Presidential Action Committee on Land Problems, the CHAIRMAN OF THE SMALL FARMERS' COMMISSION, the DEPUTY GOVERNOR of the Land Authority Office, the UNDERSECRETARY OF JUSTICE, the UNDERSECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, the CHAIRMAN OF THE PANAMIN, the CHIEF OF CONSTABULARY, the COMMISSIONER OF NATIONAL INTEGRATION, the DIRECTOR OF LANDS, the DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY, the AGRARIAN COUNCIL, the LAND REGISTRATION COMMISSIONER and the PRESIDENTIAL ACTION COMMITTEE ON LAND PROBLEMS (PACLAP), respondents.

G.R. No. L-52772 | 1983-05-16

D E C I S I O N 


AQUINO, J.: 

Escaño Hermanos Incorporado appealed from the 1979 decision of the Court of Appeals, affirming the 1976 judgment of Hon. Eduardo C. Tutaan of the Court of First Instance of Quezon City, that sixty-two hectares of agricultural land situated in Sitio Labogdang, Barrio Lumintao, Quezon (formerly Maramag), Bukidnon is outside the boundaries of its titled land with an area of 1,023 hectares located in the same vicinity. 

Although the issue raised is factual, we gave due course to the petition because of an apparent conflict between that finding and the 1974 decision of Judge Abundio Z. Arrieta of the...