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Director of Lands vs. Maria Abanilla, et al.

THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIA ABANILLA and THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF ISABELA, defendants, MARIA ABANILLA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-26324 | 1983-08-31

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

This is a direct appeal to the Supreme Court on a pure question of law from the decision of the then Court of First Instance of Isabela, 1st Judicial District, Branch I, in Civil Case No. 1308, ordering the cancellation of Free Patent No. V-2317 and Original Certificate of Title No. P-2723 issued in favor of defendant-appellant.

Plaintiff-appellee (Director of Lands) in his complaint alleged that defendant-appellant (Maria Abanilla) had, through fraudulent means, secured a free patent and an original certificate of title over a public land, known as Lot No. 5798, Pls 62, situated in Roxas, Isabela; that...