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Heirs of Gregorio Tengco vs. Heirs of Jose Aliwalas

HEIRS OF GREGORIO TENGCO, petitioners, vs. HEIRS OF JOSE and VICTORIA ALIWALAS and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 77541 | 1988-11-29

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

The instant case stemmed from an action to quiet title instituted by the late Victoria L. Vda. de Aliwalas against the Heirs of Gregorio Tengco, the Director of Lands and the Register of Deeds of Pampanga.

The facts as found by the Court of First Instance of San Fernando, Pampanga, Branch VI, in Civil Case No. 4308, are as follows:

The evidence adduced by the parties in this case shows that Lot No. 3563 of the Arayat Cadastre was originally a part of the public domain and it was so declared on October 12, 1933 (Exh. "A-2"). Thereafter, Dr. Jose Aliwalas applied with the Bureau of Lands for the issuance of a...