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Director of Lands vs. Abaja 63 Phil 559

THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner-appellee, vs. ISIDORO ABAJA, ET AL., claimants. ROMAN DE ARRUZA and MARIO LUZURIAGA, appellants.

G.R. No. 42134 | 1936-10-21

LAUREL, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of First Instance of Occidental Negros denying the motion of the appellants to set aside the decision of that court in Cadastral Case No. 22, G. L. R. O. Record No. 174. declaring lot No. No. 712 public land, and to reopen the case as to said lot in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 4043 of the Philippine Legislature.

The facts of this case are undisputed. On July 12, 1919, the Assistant Director of Lands filed in the Court of First Instance of Occidental Negros a petition praying that the titles with respect to a tract of land containing about 23,443,355 square meters, divided...