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Espinosa, et. Al. Vs. Makalintal, et. Al.

MARTA ESPINOSA ET AL., petitioners, vs. QUERUBE C. MAKALINTAL ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-1334 | 1947-08-29

D E C I S I O N

PERFECTO, J:

Petitioners pray that the Court of First Instance of Iloilo be ordered to dismiss civil case No. 200 for lack of jurisdiction.

The complaint in said case prays that defendants be ordered to return to the plaintiff the material possession of the parcel of public forest land described in the complaint and to pay plaintiff as damages P12,000, plus P4,000 for each year of illegal possession of the land in question. The land is located in the municipality of Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo; is the object of lease agreement No. 123, executed on February 12, 1941, between plaintiff and the Commonwealth of the Philippines,...