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Dir. Of Land Management vs. Court of Appeals

DIRECTOR OF LAND MANAGEMENT and DIRECTOR OF FOREST DEVELOPMENT petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and MINO HILARIO, respondents.

G.R. No. 81961 | 1989-04-18

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Court of Appeals' decision which affirmed the trial court's decision ordering the issuance of a certificate of title in the name of Mino Hilario over a parcel of land particularly described in survey plan PSU-221 769.

The facts of the case as stated in the Court of Appeals' decision are as follows:

"The land subject matter of the application for registration is situated in the sitio of Cosaran, Bo. Baloy, Itogon, Benguet, Philippines. It is within the "Central Cordillera Forest Reserve", established under Proclamation No. 217 dated February 16,...