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Director Of Lands Vs. Court Of Appeals

THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and BORROMEO BROS. ESTATE, INC., respondents. Feliberto Leonardo and Benjamin S. Rallon for private respondent.

G.R. No. L-31408 | 1991-04-22

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Whether the land in dispute was formed by the action of the sea or by deposits of soil and sedimentary matter carried by river currents is the main issue in this case, which was elevated to the Court by petition for review of a decision of the Court of Appeals. 1

In October 1956 the corporation R. Borromeo Bros. Estate, Inc. instituted in the Court of First Instance of Leyte original proceedings 2 for confirmation and registration of title in its favor of a parcel of land fronting the sea in the coastal town of San Isidro, Leyte with an area of 130,537 square meters. The application 3 alleged that the land was...