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Fernanda Casanas Vs. Charles H. Walt, Et Al029 Phil 563

FERNANDA CASANAS, plaintiff-appellant, vs. CHARLES H. WALT, administrator of the Government Hacienda at Calamba, and ANGEL M. VILLARUZ, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 8101 | 1915-02-19

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

Appellant having abandoned the question of jurisdiction raised in the court below, the real, and indeed, the only issue involved in this appeal is whether the defendant, Angel Villaruz, parish priest of Calamba, as administrator of the "Cofradias del Santisimo Rosario" or the plaintiff Fernanda Casañas is entitled to a preference in leasing, purchasing and acquiring a certain parcel of land, constituting a part of the lands "commonly known as the friar lands" in Calamba purchased by the Government of the Philippine Islands.

It is agreed that the right in question must be determined in accordance with the following...