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Land Titles – Chapter 7: Evidence REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. MANNA PROPERTIES, INC.
FACTS: Applicant-appellee filed FACTS: Applicant-appellee filed an Application Application for the the registration of title title of two two (2) parcels of land. Copies of application, postal money orders for p!lication prposes and record were forwarded to the "and #egistrati the Cort a $o. %he &pposition to the application stated, among others, that the applicant is a private corpo dis$alified nder the new 'hilippine Constittion to hold aliena!le lands of p!lic domain. Applicant-appelle its president ose %anyao, %anyao, who testified on the ac$isition of the s!ect property as well as *anel +o!repe of the s!ect property, who who testified on the possession of the applicant-appellees predecessors-in-interest. predecessors-in-interest.
%he docmentary evidence presented were: .) +rvey 'lan 2.) %echnic echnical al /escription of lots0 1) Certificate in +rveyors Certificate0 ) Certificate Certificate of "atest Assessment03) 4otice of 5nitial 6earing0 ) Certificate of '!lic 4otice of 5nitial 6earing !y the "#A, !y the 4ational 'rinting &ffice0 and !y the Circlation *anager of the 5loc 7) Clipping of the 4otice of 5nitial 6earing0 8) 9hole 5sse of the 5locos 6erald dated ly 2, 30 ) 'age 1 6erald dated anary 2, 30 ;) +heriffs #etrn of 'osting0 ) ) Certificate of 4otification of all adoining o 4otice of 5nitial 6earing on ly 8, 3.
%hereafter, the cort a $o rendered a /ecision granting the application. %he &+<, appearing on !ehalf of pe %hereafter, #ep!lic of the 'hilippines (=petitioner=), promptly appealed the trial corts decision to the CA. CA dismiss appeal. 6ence, this petition.
'etitioner asserts that *anna 'roperties has failed to prove its possession of the land for the period of time r law. 'etitioner 'etitioner alleges that the trial cort and the Cort of Appeals !ased their findings solely on their evalat declarations presented !y *anna 'roperties. 'etitioner claimed in its opposition to the a pplication of *anna that, as a private corporation, *anna 'roperties is dis$alified from holding aliena!le lands of the p!lic dom !y lease. 'etitioner cites the constittional prohi!ition in +ection 1 of Article ?55 in the 87 Constittion. 'etit claims that the land in $estion is still part of the p!lic domain.
&n the other hand, *anna 'roperties claims that it has esta!lished that the land in $estion has !een in the e>clsive possession of its predecessors-in-interest since the ;s. %hs, the land was already private land 'roperties ac$ired it from its predecessors-in-inter predecessors-in-interest. est.
ISSUE: 9hether or not *anna 'roperties +fficiently ISSUE: 9hether +fficiently Esta!lished 'ossession of the "and @or the 'eriod #e "aw.
HELD: 4& %he evidence on record does not spport the conclsions of !oth the trial cort and the Cort o Sign up toThose vote onwho thisby title %he governing law is Commonwealth Act 4o. ('!lic "and Act) +ec. 8(!): themselves or predecessors-in-interest predecessors-in-int erest have been in open, continuous, exclusive, exclusive, and possessi possession on and occupatio Useful Not useful notorious agricultural lands of the public domain, under a bona fide claim of acquisition of ownership, since June 12, 1 immediately preceding the filing of the application for confirmation of title except when prevented by war or These shall be conclusively presumed to have performed all the conditions essential to a Government grant
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declaration issed in 3 does not meet this standard. It is #nas"e&taina$le 2et2e& t2e -3/ ta% de"la&a iss#ed 'n, $e!'&e '& a!te& -* 4#ne -3/. %a> declarations are issed any time of the year. A ta> declaration 3 may have !een issed in /ecem!er 3. Unless t2e date and 'nt2 '! iss#an"e in -3/ is stated "'1lian"e it2 t2e &e"5'nin( date in CA -3- "ann't $e esta$lis2ed.
Also, the ta> declaration allegedly e>ected in 3; and mared as it !ears several irreglarities. A small an fond at the !ottom of the !ac page states that it cancels a previos ta> declaration. Deyond stating that the ta> declaration was issed in 3, it does not provide any of the re$ired information that will ena!le this Co interested party to chec whether the o riginal 3 ta> declaration ever e>isted.
%he form sed to prepare the ta> declaration states that it was =@5"E/ B4/E# +EC%5&4 2;2 &@ #.A. 7;. Act 4o. 7; is the "ocal declaration reads, =+!scri!ed and sworn !efore me this 28 day of 4ov. 3;= T2is ea ta% de"la&ati'n as iss#ed '&e t2an !'&t) 6307 )ea&s $e!'&e t2e !'& #sed "ae int' e%isten"e. *ann gave no e>planation why its ta> declaration sed a form that did not e>ist at the time of the alleged issance declaration. %he totality of these circmstances leads this Cort to conclde that the ta> declaration was fa!r sole prpose of maing it appear that *anna 'roperties predecessors-in-interest have !een in possession o $estion since 2 ne 3.
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