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Moomba Mining Exploration vs CA, Tumulak and Corpuz

MOOMBA MINING EXPLORATION COMPANY, represented by Minimax Mineral Exploration Corporation, petitioner, vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, CORNELIO TUMULAK and TERESA C. CORPUS, represented by JOAQUIN P. CORPUZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 108846 | 1999-10-26

D E C I S I O N


GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

Before this Court is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to reverse the Decision dated January 29, 1993 of the Court of Appeals1 [Penned by Justice Santiago M. Kapunan [now Associate Justice of the Supreme Court], with the concurrence of Justices Alfredo M. Marigomen and Quirino D. Abad Santos.] in CA-G.R. SP No. 22140 and to declare the mining claims of private respondent over "Baby Jackie" and "Golden Bay" as invalid intervening rights. Petitioner likewise prays that the Director of the Bureau of Mines and Geo-Sciences be directed to approve petitioner's availment applications covering its...