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Leoncio Zarate Vs. Director Of Lands Et Al. 034 Phil 416

LEONCIO ZARATE, applicant-appellant, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS ET AL., objectors-appellees.

G.R. No. 10510 | 1916-03-27

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

This is a proceeding to register the title to lands described in the petition. The Government of the Philippine Islands interposed an objection to the registration of title on the ground "that said parcel of land was part of the public domain and is occupied by Apolonio Gamido and Bibiana Olivite by virtue of applications made by them for homesteads Nos. 2061 and 5626, respectively." The Court of Land Registration found that a portion of the land belonged to the applicant, but that the remainder was public land and was occupied by Apolonio Gamido, Apolonio Zalazar, Leonarda Mayo, Bibiana Olivite, and...