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Maria Roura, Et Al. Vs. Insular Government

MARIA ROURA AND JUAN ROURA, petitioners-appellants, vs. THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-2646 | 1907-07-25

D E C I S I O N


ARELLANO, C.J.:

The plaintiffs petitioned for registration of the title of ownership to a parcel of land having an area of more than 2,000 square meters, situated in the barrio of Sibul, town of San Miguel de Mayumo, Province of Bulacan.

The Insular Government objected thereto on the ground that it was public land.
The plaintiffs allege their hereditary right, and support it by the will and testament of their father, Juan Roura, by virtue of which they succeeded in the possession of the land which their father had acquired.

Possession was obtained by Juan Roura by virtue of a bill of purchase and sale executed in a...