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Director of Lands, et al. vs. Funtilar, et al., 142 SCRA 57

DIRECTOR OF LANDS and DIRECTOR OF FOREST DEVELOPMENT, petitioners, vs. MARIANO FUNTILAR, MAGDALENA FUNTILAR, HEIRS OF FELIPE ROCETE and INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT (Third Civil Cases Division), respondents.

G.R. No. L-68533 | 1986-05-23

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
 
GUTIERREZ, JR., J: 
 
This is a petition to review the decision of the respondent court which affirmed the adjudication by the land registration court of a parcel of land in Mulanay, Quezon in favor of the private respondents. 
 
In 1972, Mariano Funtilar, Magdalena Funtilar, and the Heirs of Felipe Rocete applied for the registration of a parcel of land described in Psu-215779, with an area of 226,773 square meters. 
 
Unrebutted testimonial evidence established that the land was part of the property originally belonging to one Candida Fernandez whose ownership...