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Rep. Of the Phil., et al vs. CP, et al

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by the MINDANAO MEDICAL CENTER, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and ALEJANDRO Y. DE JESUS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-40912 | 1976-09-30

D E C I S I O N

MARTIN, J:

This is an appeal by certiorari from the decision of the Court of Appeals in its CA-G.R. No. 39577-R, raising the question of whether or not petitioner Mindanao Medical Center has registerable title over a full 12.8081-hectare land by virtue of an executive proclamation in 1956 reserving the area for medical center site purposes.

On January 22, 1921, Eugenio de Jesus, the father of respondent Alejandro de Jesus, applied with the Bureau of Lands for Sales Patent (Sales Application No. 5436) of a 33-hectare land situated in Barrio Libaron, Municipality of Davao (now Davao City). 1 The property applied for was a...