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RP vs CA, Maria Natividad Ali?o et al

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by the DIRECTOR OF LANDS AND BUREAU OF FOREST DEVELOPMENT, petitioner, vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, MARIA NATIVIDAD ALI?O, substituted by NIEVES, ELISA, BIENVENIDO, ANTONIO, RENATO, and LEONARDO, all surnamed ALI?O-BUHAY, respondents.

G.R. No. 115747 | 2000-11-20

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

These are separate appeals of the parties via certiorari seeking to reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals granting the application for confirmation and registration of title of Natividad Aliño, substituted by her heirs, to five (5) parcels of land, with an area of 377,216 square meters, situated at Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro.[1]

We state the facts, taken from the findings of the Court of Appeals, as follows:

On December 16, 1976, Maria Natividad Aliño filed L. R. C. No. N-72 seeking the registration of five parcels of land containing an aggregate area of 37,7216 hectares under the Land...