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rep. Of the Phil vs. I.Appellate Court, etal.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, GUILLERMO GONZALVES, ** respondents.

G.R. No. 74170 | 1989-07-18

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

The chief question presented in the appeal at bar concerns the validity of a conveyance of residential land to an alien prior to his acquisition of Filipino citizenship by naturalization.

The Trial Court's description of the factual background is largely undisputed. The case principally concerns Chua Kim @ Uy Teng Be, who became a naturalized Filipino citizen, taking his oath as such, on January 7, 1977. 1 He was the adopted son of Gregorio Reyes Uy Un.

The case involved three (3) parcels of land, which were among those included in Land Registration Cases Numbered 405 and 14817 of the Court of First...