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Heirs of Gumangan Vs. Court of Appeals

HEIRS OF GUMANGAN, namely: ANTONIA GUMANGAN, BALBINA G. GOMEZ, IRENE KITDUD. LINA TOLAS, MAGDALENA GUMANGAN, PABLO GUMANGAN, and VICTORIA G. AMISTAD petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, DIRECTOR OF LANDS, and DIRECTOR OF FOREST DEVELOPMENT, respondents.

G.R. No. 75672 | 1989-04-19

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

Can a part of a forest reservation be titled in a land registration proceeding? This is the controversy in this petition for review of a decision and resolution of the Court of Appeals.

On October 3, 1975, the Heirs of Gumangan, represented by Victoria G. Amistad, filed with the then Court of First Instance of Baguio (now Regional Trial Court) an application for original land registration (Land Registration Case No. N-396) covering Lots "C" and "K", as shown in plan II-13973 (RS-985), with a combined area of 14.3884 hectares (143,884 sq. meters) and both situated in Res. Sec. "D", City of Baguio.

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