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Zarate, et al. vs. Director of Lands

ZARATE and VALENTIN ZARATE, applicants-appellants, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, oppositor-appellee.

G.R. Nos. 37084 / 37085 | 1933-03-24

D E C I S I O N


BUTTE, J:

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Benguet in a land registration case dismissing the petitions of an Igorot named Zarate and another named Valentin Zarate, for the registration of their title to certain lots in the townside of Baguio. In his application for registration filed November 4, 1930, Zarate claims to be the owner in fee simple of lot No. 186 in Residence Section K of the Baguio townsite; that he acquired said lot by inheritance from his father who in turn inherited it from his father who had for many years put parts of it in cultivation; that applicant and his tenants have...