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Antonio Magallanes vs. Heirs Of Leon Sarita

ANTONIO MAGALLANES, petitioner-appellant, vs. HEIRS OF LEON SARITA, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-22092 | 1966-10-29

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

On October 23, 1934 Paulino Magallanes filed, with the Bureau of Lands, Sales Application No. 19302 for a piece of public land located in Cabasagan, Lala, Lanao, containing an area of approximately 100 hectares. The application having been approved, public auction was conducted and the land was awarded to Paulino Magallanes who was the highest bidder. In 1951 Paulino Magallanes died. Antonio Magallanes, his son, purchased from his co-heirs their right to the land. 

Meanwhile, the Bureau of Lands surveyed the land applied for and subdivided it into Lots Nos. 807, 808, and 809. Lot No. 809...