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Castillo vs. Director of Lands

JUAN CASTILLO, applicant, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS and LA UNION AGRICOLA Y PECUARIA DEL SUR DE LUZON, oppositors; LA UNION AGRICOLA Y PECUARIA DEL SUR DE LUZON, petitioner-appellant; THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, petitioner-appellee.

G.R. No. 46470 | 1939-09-27

D E C I S I O N


LAUREL, J:

On June 30, 1920, the sales application of the La Union Agricola y Pecuaria del Sur de Buzon to purchase from the Government 1,024 hectares of grazing land situated in the municipality of Baao, Province of Camarines Sur, filed in 1919 with the Director of the Bureau of Lands, was duly approved. This entity during the same year acquired the adjoining properties, consisting of three parcels of rice land, from Teodosio Cortez, Valentin Bulalacao and Tomasa Benosa. Survey of the government purchased land showed that it contained a total area of 1,017.6272 hectares, while the three parcels of rice land had an area...