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Luis Castro vs. Auditor General

LUIS, BUENAVENTURA, ANTONIO and DANIEL CASTRO, petitioners, vs. THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. L-22403 | 1968-10-31

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

The petitioners Castro, heirs of the late Daniel T. Tirona of Dalahican, Cavite, sought from the authorities compensation for two lots (No. 5 of Transfer Certificate of Title No. 1709 and No. 6 of Transfer Certificate of Title No. 442) totalling 12,045 square meters, which are occupied by the National Government and form part of the national highway from Noveleta to Cavite City. This road was built as far back as 1917. At that time the land was part of that covered by Original Certificates of Title Nos. 168, 48 and 443, issued in 1916 in the name of Daniel T. Tirona, who died in 1939. 

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