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Republic v. De los Angeles [DECISION]

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES as Lessor, ZOILA DE CHAVEZ, assisted by her husband Col. Isaac Chavez, DEOGRACIAS MERCADO, ROSENDO IBANEZ and GUILLERMO MERCADO, as permittees and/or Lessees of public fishponds, petitioners, vs. HON. JUDGE JAIME DE LOS ANGELES of the Court of First Instance of Batangas, (BR. III, Balayan) [later replaced by JUDGE JESUS ARLEGUI] SHERIFF OF BATANGAS, ENRIQUE ZOBEL and THE REGISTER OF DEEDS AT BALAYAN, BATANGAS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-30240 | 1988-03-25

D E C I S I O N
 
TEEHANKEE, C.J.:
 
The moment of truth is finally at hand. It is about time to cause the execution in favor of the Republic of the Philippines of the 1965 final and executory judgment of this Court (Republic vs. Ayala y Cia.[1]) affirming that of the CFI of Batangas in Civil Case No. 373 thereof and to recover for the Republic what “Ayala y Cia., Hacienda de Calatagan and/or Alfonso Zobel had illegally expanded [in] the original area of their TCT No. 722 (derived from OCT No. 20) from 9,652.583 hectares to about 12,000 hectares thereby usurping about 2,000 hectares consisting of portions of the territorial...