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Rep. Of the Phil. Vs. Intermediate Appellate Court

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES represented by the BOARD OF LIQUIDATORS, petitioners, vs. HON. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and CITY OF ZAMBOANGA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-73831 | 1987-02-27

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The instant case presents an issue of first impression, the respondent court having decided a question of substance not heretofore determined by this Court. The matter is now before Us in this petition for review praying for the reversal of the decision below escheating a parcel of land in favor of the City of Zamboanga.

The property in dispute was among the lands taken over by the United States Government under the Philippine Property Act of 1946 enacted by the American Congress. It was registered in 1930 under Transfer Certificate of Title No. 9509 of the Register of Deeds of Zamboanga in the name of Kantiro...