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Director Of Lands Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, SILVESTRE MANLAPAZ and NATIVIDAD PIZARRO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-45828 | 1992-06-01

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking the reversal of the Decision 1 rendered by respondent Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 56788-R, dated March 7, 1977, affirming the Decision 2 of the then Court of First Instance of Bataan, dated April 6, 1974, in Land Registration Case No. N-235,
adjudicating in favor of herein private respondents the subject two (2) parcels
of land.

The undisputed facts of the case are as follows:

On January 29, 1973, spouses Silvestre Manlapaz and Natividad Pizarro (herein private respondents) filed an application before the Court of First Instance of Bataan, seeking the...