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Rep Of the Phil vs Intermediate Appellate Court eta

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT (now Court of Appeals), and PRINCESS EMME ATIK KIRAM, respondents.

G.R. No. L-68303 | 1988-01-15

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

The Republic appeals from the decision of the Intermediate Appellate Court, now Court of Appeals, * ordering the reconstitution of title in favor of the private respondent.

The properties in dispute number three undivided lots [Lot No. 465-A; Bsd-864, CAD-159, Lot No. 2408-A, Bsd-864 (Lot 2457-Cad. 99), and Lot No. 2410-B, Bsd-864 (Lot 2461-Cad 99)] altogether consisting of a total of 1,024 hectares of ricelands. They are all located in Tiptipon, Panamao, Sulu. The title thereto stood allegedly in the name of Sultan Jamalul Kiram, who died in 1936. The private respondent, a niece of the late Sultan, now...