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Republic vs. Court of Appeals, Paran, et al. 201 SCRA 1

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, DIRECTOR OF LANDS and DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY, petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, PAULINA PARAN, ELISA PARAN MAITIM and SINA PARAN, respondents. Florencio Q. Pax & Moises P. Cating for private respondents.

G.R. No. 48327 | 1991-08-21

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
 
FELICIANO, J.: 
 
This Petition for Review assails the Resolutions of the Court of Appeals dated 15 September 1977 and 18 May 1978 in C.A.-G.R. No. 59538-R, which dismissed the appeal filed therein by the Republic and two (2) bureau directors. 
 
Private respondents are applicants for registration of a parcel of land situated in Beckel, La Trinidad, Benguet, containing an area of 34,178 square meters and covered by Survey Plan Psu-105218. In their application dated 13 February 1970, private respondents claim to have acquired the land from their father Dayotao Paran and by...