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Director Of Lands vs. Court Of Appeals, et al

THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, ANITA U. LORENZANA, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-21059 | 1968-07-29

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

Respondent Anita U. Lorenzana was the successful bidder in 1953 in the public sale of a quonset hut situated on a lot on Quezon Boulevard, Manila, which was part of the San Lazaro Estate administered by the Director of Lands. Before the sale she had a contract for the lease of the site, entered into with the Manila Railroad Company, which was then in occupancy thereof. The lease was impliedly recognized by the Bureau of Lands, to which the rents were being paid. The quonset hut was destroyed by accidental fire in 1958, and Lorenzana thereupon filed a lease application with the Bureau of Lands,...