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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, REGION IV, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, PETITIONER, VS. MARJENS INVESTMENT CORPORATION, et al., RESPONDENTS.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, REGION IV, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, PETITIONER, VS. MARJENS INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND PATROCINIO P. VILLANUEVA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 156205 | 2014-11-12

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari seeks to reverse the November 19, 2002 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 50023, which dismissed petitioner Republic of the Philippines' petition on the ground that the disputed property had already been segregated and classified as private property and no longer form part of the public domain.

Background
 
The Court of Appeals gave a short background on the subject property.

In Land Registration Case No. 52, G.L.R.O. Rec. No. 3454, entitled, "Hammon H. Buck, et al. vs. Director of Lands," the then Court of...