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Hacbang vs. Director of Lands, et al

SOFRONIO HACBANG, Bishop of the Diocese of Samar and Leyte, applicant-appellant, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS and THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAOANG, oppositors-appellees.

G.R. No. 41918 | 1935-07-31

D E C I S I O N


IMPERIAL, J:

The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Samar and Leyte applied for the registration in his name, under the Land Registration Act, of two parcels of land situated in the municipality of Laoang, Province of Samar, indicated in the plan presented as lots Nos. 1 and 2. The application was opposed by the Director of Lands, in representation of the Government of the Philippine Islands, and by the municipality of Laoang, both alleging that a portion on the eastern part of lot No. 1 and the entire lot No. 2 are public plazas. The latter oppositor stated in its pleading that the public plazas were known by the...