Back

Rep. Of the Phil. Vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by the DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and ROBERTO A. MIGUEL, respondents.

G.R. No. L-60487 | 1988-05-21

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

In the exercise of its discretion, the Court has granted the petitioner's motion for leave to file this petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, although concededly late, or to consider it filed under Rule 65. 1 While we are not persuaded by the Solicitor General's excuse for the tardiness 2 we have nonetheless given due course to this petition because of the considerable area and value of the property involved.

This case arose from an application for registration under the Torrens system of the land in dispute, which is claimed by the Republic of the Philippines as part of the public domain...