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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. BANTIGUE POINT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. BANTIGUE POINT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENT.

G. R. No. 162322 | 2012-03-14

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

SERENO, J.:

This Rule 45 Petition requires this Court to address the issue of the proper scope of the delegated jurisdiction of municipal trial courts in land registration cases. Petitioner Republic of the Philippines (Republic) assails the Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA)1 in CA-G.R. CV No. 70349, which affirmed the Decision of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of San Juan, Batangas2 in LRC Case No. N-98-20, LRA Record No. 68329, granting respondent Bantigue Point Development Corporation’s (Corporation) application for original registration of a parcel of land. Since only questions of...