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Government Of The Phil. Vs. Eladio Adriano 041 Phil 112

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, applicant-appellee, vs. ELADIO ADRIANO, ET AL., objectors. CURTIS W. WHITE and J. C. WEBSTER, appellants.

G.R. No. 15695 | 1920-10-26

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J .:

The question of law on which opponents White & Webster ground their appeal, as stated by them, concerns the conclusiveness of title conveyed by the Government in a sale of land for back taxes.

A statement of the case and the facts, practically admitted by all parties, upon which the legal issue rests, may be succinctly made as follows: Cadastral proceedings were initiated by the Government to settle the title to a tract of land situated in the Province of Nueva Ecija. Messrs. White and Webster laid claim to all of cadastral lot 2748, and Yap & Borja, and Duran, asserted their rights to portions thereof....