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[2/3] San Mauricio Mining Company, et at. Vs. Constante A. Ancheta

[2/3] SAN MAURICIO MINING COMPANY, MARSMAN AND COMPANY, INC., and PEDRO L. MOYA, petitioners-appellants, vs. HONORABLE CONSTANTE A. ANCHETA, as Presiding Judge of Branch III, Court of First Instance of Camarines Norte, PHILIPPINE SMELTERS CORPORATION, NATIONAL SHIPYARDS AND STEEL CORPORATION, DIRECTOR OF LANDS, COMMISSIONER OF LAND REGISTRATION and REGISTER OF DEEDS OF CAMARINES NORTE, respondents-appellees.

G.R. Nos. L-47859 & L-57132 | 1981-07-10

"While among the documents presented with the notice of adverse claims is a true copy of the first endorsement of July 1, 1975 purportedly signed by authority of the President by Mr. Roberto B. Reyes, Deputy Executive Secretary, the document is not even authenticated and no evidence was presented to establish the existence of said document. It is worth mentioning that when Mr. Melquiades dela Cruz, Presidential Staff Director of Malacañang, testified no mention whatsoever with reference to the document was made. On the contrary SMELTERS presented a certification issued by the same officer. Mr. dela Cruz, stating that the supposed...