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Director Of Lands Vs. Leocadia Maurera 037 Phil 410

THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner, vs. LEOCADIA MAURERA, petitioner and, appellant, and VICENTE TIONGSON, objector and, appellee.

G.R. No. 13398 | 1918-01-14

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J .:

This is a motion to dismiss the bill of exceptions for the reason that it had not been presented in time. The only question presented by said motion is whether or not the judge of the Court of First Instance, in a land registration case, has authority to extend the period of 30 days, for the presentation of the bill of exceptions, by an order before said period has expired, under the provisions of section 26 of Act No. 2347.

The pertinent facts for a consideration of that question involved in the present case are: (1) That the decision was rendered on the 28th day of February, 1917; (2) that the appellant...