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Dir. Of Lands vs. Numeriano Estenzo

THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner, vs. HON. NUMERIANO ESTENZO, as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Leyte, Branch V, Ormoc City, EUSEBIA ABAD, et al., (Claimants,) VICENTE CUSTODIO, DIOSDADO CUSTODIO, GREGORIO CUSTODIO, and CATALINO ELLAS, (Claimants-Movants) respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-35618 | 1988-08-30

D E C I S I O N


BIDIN, J.

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the then Court of First Instance of Leyte dated May 9, 1972 in Cad. Case No. 27, GLRO Rec. No. 1714 setting aside the decision of the Cadastral Court dated September 28, 1940, declaring Lot No. 3785 public land and adjudicating said Lot No. 3785 in favor of private respondents.

Briefly, Lot No. 3785 of the Ormoc Cadastre, subject matter of the action was declared public land by the Cadastral Court in a decision dated September 28, 1940. Thirty-one years later, or on November 15, 1971, private respondents claiming that they are the...