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Macario Lavitoria, Et Al. Vs. Court Of First Instance Of Tayabas, Et Al. 032 Phil 204

MACARIO LAVITORIA, ET AL., petitioners, vs. THE JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF TAYABAS and THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS on behalf of the Government of the Philippine Islands, respondents.

G.R. No. 10659 | 1915-11-11

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

This is an action of prohibition. It is an original action in the Supreme Court. It was commenced on or about the 1st of March, 1915. Its purpose was to secure an order prohibiting the respondents from proceeding with the hear- ing of a certain cause pending in the Court of Land Registration. The facts, as they appear from the record, are as follows:

First. That on or about the 11th of August, 1913, Charles H. Sleeper, as Director of Lands, presented a petition in the Court of Land Registration, in representation of the Government of the Philippine Islands, for the purpose of registering a certain parcel or...