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Roman Catholic Bishop Of Nueva Segovia Vs. Municipality Of Bantay 028 Phil 347

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NUEVA SEGOVIA, plaintiff-appellee, vs. THE MUNICIPALITY OF BANTAY, ILOCOS SUR, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 8759 | 1914-11-07

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

The prayer of the complaint in this action is that certain lands therein described, now in the possession of the defendant municipality, be "declared to be the property of the plaintiff" and that "the defendant be ordered to deliver these lands to the plaintiff."

In support of his contentions plaintiff relies wholly and exclusively on a single document (Exhibit A), read together with the testimony of a single witness. No other evidence was offered in support of the allegations of the complaint.

Exhibit A is, in the language of the trial judge, "a certificate issued by the provincial fiscal of Ilocos Sur, in...