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Mauleon vs. Court of Appeals, et al

AQUILINO C. MAULEON, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND VICENTE LIM, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-27762 | 1975-08-07

D E C I S I O N

ESGUERRA, J:

Petition for certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals dated April 21, 1967, in its C.A.-G.R. No. 30724-R, reversing the judgment of the Court of First Instance, Masbate, and affirming the decision of the Director of Lands in Bureau of Lands Claim No. 107 (n) dated September 30, 1958, which was sustained by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources in his decision in D.A.N.R. No. 1897, dated July 9, 1959.

The factual milieu of the case, as found by the Court of Appeals and as established by the evidence on record, is as follows:

Lucas Bayot owned an untitled parcel of land in the...