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Restituto De Leon Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

RESTITUTO DE LEON, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, JUANITA RAMOS and MAXIMO PEREZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 88788 | 1992-09-04

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The petitioner is challenging the purported sale to the private respondents of two parcels of land which he claims is his own by right of inheritance.

The said properties were part of the Buenavista Estate, which had been purchased by the Republic of the Philippines for distribution among landless tenants and farmers. On April 1, 1955, Lot No. S-117 thereof, covering over 14,200 square meters, was sold to Manuel de Leon by the Department of Agriculture on behalf of the Republic. On August 5, 1969, Lot 43 thereof, consisting of 11,847 square meters, was also sold by the Republic, through the Land Authority, to...