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Dir. Of Lands, etal. Vs. Lope Guzman Rivas, etal.

DIRECTOR OF LANDS and DIRECTOR OF FOREST DEVELOPMENT, petitioners, vs. LOPE GUZMAN RIVAS, PACIFICO V. VIJANDRE, FERNANDO A. PASCUA, and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-61539 | 1986-02-14

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J:

This is a land registration case involving what the Republic of the Philippines claims to be grazing land, a part of the forest reserve.

The evidence shows that on March 14, 1873 the Alcalde Mayor and Judge of the Court of First Instance in Tuguegarao, Cagayan purportedly granted to Domingo Bunagan a possessory information title for a tract of land, called Nottab, "3,500 brazas de largo y 3,000 brazas de ancho", "destinado al pasto de sus ganados" "y bajo la condicion de sin perjuicio del derecho que el Estado o otro tercero pudiera tener en referida finca rustica" (Exh. I and K).

The Gaceta de Manila dated...