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Roman Catholic Apostolic Administrator of Davao vs. Land Registration Commission, Register of Deeds of Davao City [DISSENTINGB OPINION, J.B.L. REYES]

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF DAVAO, INC., petitioner, vs. THE LAND REGISTRATION COMMISSION and THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF DAVAO CITY, respondents

G.R. No. L-8451 | 1957-12-20

REYES, J.B.L., dissenting:

I regret not being able to assent to the opinion of Mr. Justice Felix. The decision of the Supreme Court in this case will be of far reaching results, for once the capacity of corporations sole to acquire public and private agricultural lands is admitted, there will be no limit to the areas they may hold until the Legislature implements section 3 of Article XIII of the Constitution, empowering it to set a limit to the size of private agricultural land that may be held; and even then it can only be done without prejudice to rights acquired prior to the enactment of such law. In other words, even if a limitative law...