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Government Of The Phil. Vs. Martino Tombis Tri?o 050 Phil 708

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, petitioner-appellant, vs. MARTINO TOMBIS TRI?O, claimant-appellee.

G.R. No. 26849 | 1927-09-21

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of First Instance of Occidental Negros denying two petitions presented on behalf of the Government, one dated August 9, 1923, and the other dated June 29, 1926, supplemented by another dated July 16, 1926, having for their purpose the reopening and annulment of the proceedings in the Sagay cadastral case with respect to a parcel of land known in the record as lot No. 1429.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND OF THE FACTS

On June 13, 1921, the Government of the Philippine Islands initiated the "Sagay cadastre, B. L. No. 127" (Bill of Exceptions, p. 1). At the time of the...