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Maria Baltazar Vs. Insular Government 040 Phil 267

MARIA BALTAZAR ET AL., applicants-appellants, vs. THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT ET AL., objectors-appellees.

G.R. No. 14029 | 1919-10-15

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J .:

The heirs of the deceased Lucino Almeida applied to the Court of First Instance of La Union for the registration in their name of two parcels of land situated in the barrio of Paraoir, municipality of Balaoan, Province of La Union, containing 815 hectares, 68 ares, and 88 centares. The applicants relied chiefly on the documents later introduced in evidence as Exhibits B, C, and D. Exhibits B and D denote a public sale of two parcels of land by Pastor Versosa y Florentino in favor of Lucino Almeida on June 9, 1895, containing about 526 hectares, and with a chain of title going back to the year 1803. Exhibit...