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Heirs of Proceso Bautista v Sps Barza

THE HEIRS OF PROCESO BAUTISTA represented by PEDRO BAUTISTA, petitioners, vs. SPOUSES SEVERO BARZA and ESTER P. BARZA, and COURT OF APPEALS, respondent.

G.R. No. 79167 | 1992-05-07

D E C I S I O N 


ROMERO, J.: 

The facts of this case began as far back as 1946, when the Philippines was still a new republic and frontier lands and bountiful natural resources down south beckoned the adventurous-like Proceso Bautista and Ester Barza. 

It was on October 25, 1946, to be exact, when Proceso Bautista applied for a fishpond permit over a thirty-hectare parcel of marshy public land located in Sitio Central, Lupon, Davao (Fishpond Application No. 1205). The application was acknowledged on December 12, 1946, by the then Division of Fisheries. 

Said application was, however, rejected by the same office on November...