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Director of Lands vs. Aba

THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, applicant, vs. ANICETO ABA ET AL., claimants; MELITONA REGIS , petitioners-appellants; JULIO LEDESMA, FELIX MONTENEGRO, CENTRAL AZUCARERA DE BAIS and COMPA?IA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS, oppositors-appellees.

G.R. No. 45648 | 1939-05-12

D E C I S I O N


MORAN, J:


In the proceedings instituted by the Director of Lands in the Court of First Instance of Oriental Negros for the cadastral survey of the municipality of Tanjay, an answer was filed by Severa Zerna and her six (6) grandchildren, one of whom being Melitona Regis, now petitioner-appellant. The answer, which was later amended, alleges ownership thru inheritance over lot No. 2377. similar answers were filed by Alex Montenegro and Guardiano Florin, each of them likewise claiming ownership over the lot in question. On December 18, 1923, upon petition of Felix Montenegro, this lot was subdivided into lots Nos. 5177,...