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Pestanas, et al vs. Dyogi, et al

LUCIANO PESTANAS, ANGEL PESTANAS, JOSE PESTANAS, ELISEO PESTANAS, EXEQUIEL PAGADORA, LUCIANA TORRES, SOLOMON TENA, and FELIX ATENTAR, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. JOSEFA DYOGI, JOAQUIN LACORTE, the Director of Lands, and the Secretary of Agriculture and Nat

G.R. No. L-25786 | 1978-02-27

D E C I S I O N

SANTOS, J:

This is an appeal, filed on December 7, 1965, from an order of the Court of First Instance of Quezon, dismissing the plaintiffs-appellants' complaint in Civil Case No. 508 on the ground of non-exhaustion of administrative remedies.

It appears that in 1929, Severo Ungriano took possession of a parcel of land consisting of thirty (30) hectares located at Barrio Libo, Panukulan, Quezon. He cleared and cultivated the holding and introduced improvements thereon. Subsequently, he filed Homestead Application No. 145134 (E-86406) for a 24-hectare parcel embraced within said 30-hectare property, which application was...