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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, PETITIONER, VS. ROSARIO DE GUZMAN VDA. DE JOSON, RESPONDENT.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, PETITIONER, VS. ROSARIO DE GUZMAN VDA. DE JOSON, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 163767 | 2014-03-10

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
This case concerns the discharge of the burden of proof by the applicant in proceedings for the registration of land under Section 14 (1) and (2) of Presidential Decree No. 1529 (Property Registration Decree).

The Republic appeals the adverse decision promulgated on January 30, 2004,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the judgment rendered on August 10, 1981 by the erstwhile Court of First Instance (CFI) of Bulacan (now the Regional Trial Court) in Registration Case No. 3446-M granting the application of the respondent for the registration of her title covering a...