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Roman Catholic Apostolic Church Vs. The Municipality Of Cebu 036 Phil 517

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CHURCH, plaintiff-appellant, vs. THE MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 11548 | 1917-03-24

D E C I S I O N


TORRES, J.:

An action for recovery of possession, filed on August 22, 1911, by counsel for the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church against the municipality of Cebu, in which the plaintiff claims a certain parcel of land and the building erected thereon. The metes and bounds of the land are given in the complaint. The plaintiff alleged that it had been for more than thirty years the exclusive owner of this property, holding same as such quietly, peaceably and uninterruptedly; that notwithstanding these facts, in 1902, without the plaintiff's consent and against its will, the municipality of Cebu had usurped and unlawfully...