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Fewkes vs. Vasquez, et al

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF TITLE, ELDRED FEWKES, applicant-appellant, vs. NACITA VASQUEZ, DOMINGO VASQUEZ, TRINIDAD GERARTE, HEIRS OF AUGUSTO ARAMBURO, SIMEON ARAMBURO, RAMON VELASCO, JOSEFINA VELASCO ISAAC, EMILIA VELASCO SAMSON, HEIRS OF JUAN VELAS

G.R. No. L-29075 | 1971-06-10

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.B.L., J:
Appeal (before Republic Act 6-140) from the order of the Court of First Instance of Albay (In Land Reg. Case No. N-434), dismissing an application for registration on jurisdictional grounds.

On 2 March 1967, Eldred Fewkes, an American citizen, commenced in the Court of First Instance of Albay a proceeding for the registration of 2 lots and the improvements thereon. It was alleged in the application that Fewkes acquired by purchase from Juan G. Velasco, Jr., Brigida C. Velasco and Trinidad G. Velasco two (2) parcels of land, referred to as Lot No. 21-A of Psu-61470 (a portion of Lot No. 1383, Libon...