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LA TONDEÑA, INC., PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES RESPONDENT.

LA TONDEÑA, INC., PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 194617 | 2015-08-05

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
La Tonde 164a, Inc. (La Tondeña) applied for registration of a 14,286- square-meter parcel of land, with La Tondeña alleging acquisition and possession even before the Second Wor1d War. It argues the inadmissibility of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural Resources Office's (DENR-CENRO) Report on the land's classification as alienable and disposable only on January 21, 1987 as this Report was not formally offered as evidence before the trial court.

This case involves an application of Section 14(1) of Property...