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Enrico Manuel Vs. Intermediate Appellate Court, Et Al.

ENRICO MANUEL, THE DIRECTOR OF MINES AND THE SECRETARY OF NATURAL RESOURCES, petitioner, vs. THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, UNITED PARACALE MINING CO., COCO GROVE, INC. AND MARSMAN & COMPANY, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 69203 | 1995-04-21

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

On 27 May 1975, herein private respondents United Paracale Mining Co., Coco Grove, Inc., and Marsman & Company, Inc., filed a petition to quiet title before the trial court over certain mining claims so designated as "Paracale Fraction No. 3," "Paracale Fraction No. 4," "Paracale No. 3," "Paracale No. 5" and "Paracale No. 1," which were alleged to have been located in 1933 and 1934 under the provisions of the Philippine Bill of 1902. These mining claims were operated by private respondents up until the start of World War II. After the war, private respondents reconstituted the records of the mining claims.

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