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Director Of Lands Vs. Hon. Patricio C. Ceniza 118 Phil. 449

DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner, vs. HON. PATRICIO C. CENIZA, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental and TEODORO DUMALAGAN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-18527 | 1963-06-29

D E C I S I O N


PAREDES, J.:

Sometime in 1951, respondent Teodoro Dumalagan, filed Registration Case No. N-17, L.R.C. Record No. 4458, with the CFI of Misamis Occidental, covering a parcel of land of 78.3080 hectares, and situated in barrio Dampalan-Luzaran, Municipality of Lopez Jaena, same province. The Director of Lands, on October 24, 1951, presented an opposition, claiming that the land applied for is a portion of the public domain. Trial was subsequently held. After the applicant had presented his evidence, the Director of Lands, thru counsel, orally moved for the dismissal of the application on the ground of insufficiency of...