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Director of Lands vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and SALVADOR ZARTIGA, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-46068-69 | 1982-09-30

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

Before US are three petitions for review on certiorari seeking the reversal of the Court of Appeals' decision dated January 6, 1977 in CA-G.R. Nos. 39514-R and 39515-R which affirmed with modification the decision of the Court of First Instance of Davao, Branch III in Civil Case No. 670 and Cadastral Case N-8, LRC Record No. N-95.

Petitioners in these cases question the legality of the claim of one person (deceased Salvador Zartiga who is substituted by his Heirs) over nine [9] lots which practically embrace the townsite of Bansalan, Davao del Sur. These lots with a total area of 289.9920 hectares, more or...