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Republic of the Phil. vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, VIDAL DEL MUNDO, REGISTER OF DEEDS OF SOUTH COTABATO and PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, respondents.

G.R. No. 60169 | 1990-03-23

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The question before the Court is hardly novel: whether or not a Homestead Patent and the Original Certificate of Title granted by virtue of the said patent can still be canceled despite the lapse of more than two years from their issuance.

On 11 March 1964, Vidal del Mundo filed with the Bureau of Lands a homestead application over the subject land, found after the survey to measure 7.3218 hectares in area. The application was approved on 1 February 1965. On 10 November 1966, after applicant del Mundo's execution of an affidavit of completion, he was granted Homestead Patent No. 114425, by virtue of which...