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Susana Menguito, et al vs RP

SUSANA MENGUITO, EMELITA MENGUITO-MANALILI, HELEN MARTA MENGUITO-LUNA, RENATO MENGUITO, BERSAMIN MENGUITO, FROILAN MENGUITO and GENEROSO MENGUITO, petitioners, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 134308 | 2000-12-14

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Unless a piece of public land is shown to have been classified as alienable and disposable, it remains part of the inalienable public domain. Even assuming that such land has been classified as alienable, title thereto can be registered only upon presentation of incontrovertible proof of adverse, notorious and open possession in the concept of owner for a period of thirty years.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the September 30, 1997 Decision[1] and the June 23, 1998 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR CV No. 39638. The decretal...