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Pio L. Caballes Vs. Director Of Lands, Et Al. 041 Phil 357

PIO L. CABALLES, petitioner, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS and THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF LAGUNA, respondents.

G.R. No. 14424 | 1921-01-18

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J .:

This is an original application to this court by Pio L. Caballes, a resident of Pagsanjan, in the Province of Laguna, for relief from the effects of a judgment by default entered in a cadastral case in the Court of First Instance of said province with respect to the parcel of land designated as lot No. 171 in the cadastral survey. The matter is now before us for determination upon petition and answer, together with the proof submitted by the petitioner and by the Attorney-General, as representative of the respondents.

It appears that on December 26, 1917, the Director of Lands, in behalf of the Government,...