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Director of Lands vs. Epifanio Romamban, et al.

DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner-appellant, vs. EPIFANIO ROMAMBAN, ET AL., claimants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-36948 | 1984-08-28

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO- HERRERA, J.:

The only issue in this case, certified to us by the Court of Appeals (now the Intermediate Appellate Court) on a pure question of law is whether or not the then Court of First Instance of Zambales, Branch II, Iba, erred in denying the Director of Lands' Petition for Relief from the Order of said Court dismissing the appeal in Cad. Case No. 191, Cad. Rec. No. 641, Lot No. 42-E of the Iba Cadastre.

The antecedental facts follow:

On December 8, 1924, the Director of Lands filed with the Court of First Instance of Zambales, Branch II, a petition for cadastral hearing to settle and adjudicate, in...