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Estate of Yujuico vs. Republic [DECISION]

ESTATE OF THE LATE JESUS S. YUJUICO, represented by ADMINISTRATORS BENEDICTO V. YUJUICO and EDILBERTO V. YUJUICO; and AUGUSTO Y. CARPIO, Petitioners, versus REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES and the COURT OF APPEALS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 168661 | 2007-10-26

D E C I S I O N
 
VELASCO JR., J.:
 
In 1973, Fermina Castro filed an application for the registration and confirmation of her title over a parcel of land with an area of 17,343 square meters covered by plan (LRC) Psu-964 located in the Municipality of Parañaque, Province of Rizal (now Parañaque City), in the Pasig-Rizal Court of First Instance (CFI), Branch 22. The application was docketed LRC Case No. N-8239. The application was opposed by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) on behalf of the Director of Lands, and by Mercedes Dizon, a private party. Both oppositions were stricken from the records since the...