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Director Of Lands Vs. Iglesia Ni Kristo, Et Al.

DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner, vs. IGLESIA NI KRISTO and HON. DOMINGO D. PANIS, Presiding Judge, Court of First Instance of Zambales and Olongapo, Br. III, respondents.

G.R. No. 54276 | 1991-08-16

R E S O L U T I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Application of the doctrine laid down in 1986 in Director of Lands v. I.A.C. 1 is all that is necessary to resolve the issue presented in the appeal at bar.

The petitioner takes no issue with the factual findings of the Registration Court. In its petition, 2 it makes the following recitation of the relevant facts,
viz.:

"Respondent Iglesia ni Kristo filed an application for the registration and confirmation of title over a parcel of land, with an area of 280 sq. meters, situated at Barrio Consuelo Sur, Municipality of San Marcelino, Province of Zambales. The application . . . was docketed in the Court...