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Dir. Of Lands vs. Kalahi Investments, Inc.

THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner-appellee, vs. KALAHI INVESTMENTS, INC., claimant-appellant.

G.R. No. 48066 | 1989-01-31

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court) of Pampanga, 1 denying the application of Kalahi Investments, Inc. (Kalahi, for short) for registration of Lot No. 1851-B of the Floridablanca Cadastre, certified to this Court by the Court of Appeals on January 11, 1978 on the following legal questions:

Do mining claims, acquired, registered, perfected, and patentable under the Old Mining Law, mature to private ownership which would entitle the claimant-applicant to the ownership thereof?

Which agency has the authority to examine, process, and find out whether...