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Li Seng Giap & Co. vs. Director of Lands

LI SENG GIAP & CO., applicant-appellant, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, oppositor-appellee.

G.R. No. 40177 | 1934-03-15

D E C I S I O N


DIAZ, J:

On August 16, 1932, Li Seng Giap & Co., a partnership composed of individuals who are not citizens of the Philippine Islands nor the United States, but aliens, instituted these proceedings in the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur, for the registration in its name in the registry of deeds, of the three parcels of land described in the plans, Exhibits A and B, and technical descriptions attached to its application, in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 496 and of Chapter VIII of Title II of Act No. 2874.

The Director of Lands filed an opposition to the said application alleging as his grounds that...