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De Ralla vs. Dir of Lands

PAZ ESCARELLA DE RALLA, petitioner, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-1383 | 1949-04-30

D E C I S I O N

REYES, J p:
This is an appeal by certiorari to review a decision of the Court of Appeals in a land registration proceeding.
On August 26, 1932, the petitioner Paz Escarella de Ralla filed an application in the Court of First Instance of Albay for the registration of a parcel of land in the municipality of Libon, Albay, with an area of 843.9115 hectares claimed to have been acquired by her through purchase from different owners, as evidenced by the deeds Exhibits D, E, F, G, and H.
The Director of Lands, together with several homestead and free patent applicants, opposed the application on the ground that the land sought to...