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

[3/3] 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

What compounds the unexplained and inexplicable tenor of the deeds and documents relied upon by appellants is that after the issuance by His Excellency, President Ferdinand E. Marcos of Proclamation No. 500 on December 23, 1968, that is, while the deed of transfer of November 19, 1957 was still the basis of the government's ownership of the land in question, including the mineral or mining claims in question, the said property was withdrawn "from sale or settlement" and placed "under the administration (only and no more) of the National Shipyards and Steel Corporation." Upon these premises, it is indubitable that NASSCO had no legal...