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Sumail Vs. Hon. Judge Of The Cfi Of Cotabato, Et Al 096 Phil 946

DAWALING SUMAIL, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF COTABATO, THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS and MELQUIADES GEPULIANO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-8278 | 1955-04-30

D E C I S I O N


MONTEMAYOR, J.:

The land involved in the present case of certiorari is lot No. 3633 of the cadastral survey of Dulawan, Cotabato. The facts of the case as may be gathered from the pleadings are as follows. Before the court where cadastral proceedings were had over the cadastre of Dulawan, Cotabato, three separate applicants claimed lot No. 3633 as their private property. The Bureau of Lands and Melquiades Gepuliano claimed it as public land. On June 9, 1941, said lot was declared public land by the cadastral court.

On January 5, 1940, herein respondent Gepuliano had filed a free patent application for said lot No. 3633....