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LA TONDEÑA, INC., PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES RESPONDENT. [CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION BRION, J.]

LA TONDEÑA, INC., PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES RESPONDENT. [CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION BRION, J.]

G.R. No. 194617 | 2015-08-05

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION

BRION, J.

concur with the DENIAL of the petition. I agree that petitioner La Tondeña, Inc. (La Tondeña) failed to comply with all the requirements for land registration under Section 48 (b) of Commonwealth Act No. 141[1] or the Public Land Act (PLA) in relation with Section 14 (1) of Presidential Decree No. 1529[2] or the Property Registration Decree (PRD).

In particular, I believe that the petition should be denied for the following reasons:

First, La Tondeña failed to prove that the property was already private at the time of its purchase.

Second, it...