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Gutierrez Hermanos vs. Court of Appeals, et al. 178 SCRA 37

GUTIERREZ HERMANOS, SUBSTITUTED BY THE BURIAS ISLAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, and BUREAU OF FORESTRY, JAIME M. FRANCISCO and LORENZA M. VDA. DE FRANCISCO, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 54472-77 | 1989-09-28

R E S O L U T I O N

SARMIENTO, J.:

The Court dismisses this case, pending decision for almost a decade.

The question herein ---- whether the petitioner may register certain parcels of land, seven in number, or whether it consists of inalienable timberlands and consequently, non-registerable ---- is a question, so it has been held, that is factual in nature. 1

Furthermore, there has been no showing that in so disposing, the Appellate Court "has decided a question of substance, not theretofore determined by the Supreme Court, or has decided it in a way probably not in accord with law or with the applicable decisions of the Supreme...