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Director of Lands, et al. Vs. Helen U. Villarosa, et al.

DIRECTOR OF LANDS and DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY, petitioners, vs. HELEN U. VILLAROSA, CAROLINA U. VILLAROSA, ESTHER U. VILLAROSA and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-62637 G.R. No. L-62637 | 1983-08-16

R E S O L U T I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

This is a petition to review a decision of the defunct Court of Appeals.

In the defunct CFI of Quezon, the private respondents applied for the registration of four parcels of land with an aggregate area of 754 hectares, more or less. The application was opposed by individual persons as well as by the Directors of Lands and Forestry.

The evidence showed that Gregorio Villarosa, predecessor-in-interest of the private respondents owned a big tract of land. When he died, the land was inherited by his two sons - Vivencio and Julio. Upon the death of Julio, his heirs registered his share of the land...