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Director of Lands, et al vs. Reyes

THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, THE DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY, and the ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioners, vs. HON. SALVADOR C. REYES, as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija, Branch III, PARA?AQUE INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, ROMAN C.

G.R. No. L-27594 | 1975-11-28

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

These cases are interrelated, and so are decided jointly.

In his application originally filed on February 24, 1964 with the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija, the applicant Alipio Alinsunurin, claiming ownership in fee simple by inheritance from the late Maria Padilla, sought the registration of title under Act 496, as amended, of a vast tract of land, containing an area of 16,800 hectares, more or less, situated at the municipality of Laur, province of Nueva Ecija, admittedly inside the boundary of the military reservation of Fort Magsaysay. 1

On May 5, 1966, the Director of Lands, Director of...