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Republic of the Phil. Vs. Minda De Porkan,etal.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. MINDA DE PORKAN, SADIN MARAUG, GORGONIO BERMUDEZ, LOLITA MACATINDOG, MEDORI DE PORKAN, JUAN ARANGALI, ANTONINA ESTARES, REGISTER OF DEEDS OF DAVAO DEL NORTE and the INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT [Fourth Civil Cases Division], respondents.

G.R. No. L-66866 | 1987-06-18

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J.:

In this petition for review on certiorari, petitioner, Republic of the Philippines, represented by the Director of Lands, thru the Solicitor General, seeks the reversal of the decision 1 of the Intermediate Appellate Court, now Court of Appeals, dated February 29, 1984, which affirmed the joint decision 2 of the then Court of First Instance of Davao, Branch I [Tagum] dismissing petitioner's complaint in Civil Cases Nos. 1247 and 1248 for cancellation of the Homestead Patent of private respondent Minda de Porkan and her successors-in-interest and the Free Patent of private respondent Lolita Macatindog and her...