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

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, HEIRS OF NICOLAS FELISILDA, namely: CATALINA ASERTO VDA. DE FELISILDA, MAGDALENA, TIRSO, MELECIO, PEDRO, ANICETA, VICENTE, all surnamed FELISILDA; SPS. MANUEL SERRANILLO AND PAULINA VELASQUEZ; SPS. FRANCISCO LAIZ AND REMEDIOS LUNA; AND THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF KORONADAL, SOUTH COTABATO, respondents.

G.R. No. 79582 | 1989-04-10

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MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

The Republic of the Philippines (Republic, for brevity), through the Solicitor General, seeks to assert its title, by reversion, to a Free Patent and derivative titles therefrom, issued in favor of private respondents. Thus, it prays for the review and reversal of the Decision of respondent Court of Appeals of 13 August 1987 1 which affirmed, except as to costs against the Government, the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of General Santos City, Branch 12, 2 declaring (a) Free Patent No. 326416, issued in favor of Nicolas Felisilda on 14 April 1967 for Lot No. 2198 on Plan Pls-209-D-11 situated...