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Agusan Wood Industries Inc. vs. Eduardo Tutaan

AGUSAN WOOD INDUSTRIES, INC., (Formerly known as D.O. PLAZA ENTERPRISES, INC., petitioner, vs. HON. EDUARDO C. TUTAAN, as Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, NCJR Branch LXXXIV (84) — Quezon City and JOSE C. BRIONES, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 67634 | 1989-03-13

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The common issue raised in these consolidated petitions is the right to a 5,950 hectares timber concession area located at Loreto, Agusan del Sur.

Jose Briones, Jr., was the original licensee of the 5,950 hectares forest area covered by Ordinary Timber (OT) License No. 738-62.

Before the expiry date of the license, Briones filed an application for its renewal. In an order dated July 5, 1963, the then Director of Forestry Estanislao Bernal denied Briones' application for renewal. The then Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources Jose Y. Feliciano declared the area licensed to Briones vacant....