20.Republic vs. Feliciano, 148 SCRA 424

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. FELICIANOG.R. No. 70853, March 12 1987, 148 SCRA 424

FACTS:Responen! Fe"#c#ano $#"e a co%p"a#n! !h !he !hen CF' o$ Ca%ar#nes S(r a)a#ns! !heRep(*"#c o$ !he +h#"#pp#nes, represen!e * !he -an A(!hor#!, $or !he recoer o$o&nersh#p an possess#on o$ a parce" o$ "an, cons#s!#n) o$ $o(r /4 "o!s s#!(a!e #n !hearr#o o$ Sa"ac#on, M(n#c#pa"#! o$ T#na%*ac, Ca%ar#nes S(r.

+"a#n!#$$ a""e)e:

!ha! he *o()h! !he proper! #n (es!#on $ro% #c!or Gar#o"a * #r!(e o$

a Con!rac! o$ Sa"e $o""o&e * a ee o$ A*so"(!e Sa"e

!ha! Gar#o"a ha ac(#re !he proper! * p(rchase $ro% !he he#rs o$ Franc#sco

A*ra6ao &hose !#!"e !o !he sa#proper! &as e#ence * an #n$or%ac#on posesor#a !ha!

(pon p"a#n!#$$s p(rchase o$ !he proper!, he !oo ac!(a" possess#on o$ !he sa%e,#n!ro(ce ar#o(s #%proe%en!s !here#n an ca(se #! !o *e s(ree #n (" 1952, &h#chs(re &as approe * !he #rec!or o$ -ans

!ha! on Noe%*er 1, 1954, +res#en! Ra%on Ma)sasa #ss(e +roc"a%a!#on No. 90

reser#n) $or se!!"e%en! p(rposes, (ner !he a%#n#s!ra!#on o$ !he Na!#ona" Rese!!"e%en!an Reha*#"#!a!#on A%#n#s!ra!#on /NARRA, a !rac! o$ "an s#!(a!e #n!he M(n#c#pa"#!#es o$ T#na%*ac an S#r(%a, Ca%ar#nes S(r, a$!er &h#ch !he NARRA an #!ss(ccessor a)enc, !he -an A(!hor#!, s!ar!e s(*###n) an #s!r#*(!#n) !he "an !o!he se!!"ers

!ha! !he proper! #n (es!#on, &h#"e "oca!e !h#n !heresera!#on es!a*"#she

(ner +roc"a%a!#on No. 90, &as !he pr#a!e proper! o$ p"a#n!#$$ an sho(" !here$ore *e

e;c"(e !here$ro%.+"a#n!#$$ prae !ha! he *e ec"are !he r#)h!$(" an !r(e o&ner o$ !he proper! #n(es!#on !ha! h#s !#!"e o$ o&nersh#p *ase on #n$or%ac#on posesor#a o$ h#s preecessor#n#n!eres! *e ec"are "e)a" a"# an s(*s#s!#n) an !ha! e$enan! *e orere !o cance"an n(""#$ a"" a&ars !o !he se!!"ers.

The !r#a" co(r! renere #!s ec#s#on ec"ar#n) -o! No. 1 *e !he pr#a!e proper! o$!he p"a#n!#$$,


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represen!e * !he -an A(!hor#!, a )oern%en!a" a)enc crea!e * Rep(*"#c Ac! No.3844.

#!s cap!#on an #!s a""e)a!#on an praer, !he co%p"a#n! #s c"ear" a s(#! a)a#ns! !heS!a!e, &h#ch (ner se!!"e B(r#spr(ence #s no! per%#!!e, e;cep! (pon a shon) !ha!!he S!a!e has consen!e !o *e s(e, e#!her e;press" or * #%p"#ca!#on !hro()h !he (se o$s!a!(!or "an)(a)e !oo p"a#n !o *e %#s#n!erpre!e. There #s no s(ch shon) #n !he #ns!an!case. @orse, !he co%p"a#n! #!se"$ $a#"s !o a""e)e !he e;#s!ence o$ s(ch consen!. Th#s #s a$a!a" e$ec!, an on !h#s *as#s a"one, !he co%p"a#n! sho(" hae *een #s%#sse.

The $a#"(re o$ !he pe!#!#oner !o asser! !he e$ense o$ #%%(n#! $ro% s(#! &hen !he case&as !r#e *e$ore !he co(r! a (o, as a""e)e * pr#a!e responen!, #s no! $a!a". '! #s no&se!!"e !ha! s(ch e$ense


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FIRST DIVISION

G.R. No. 70853 March 12, 1987

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINE, petitioner-appellee, vs. P!BLO

FELICI!NO a"# INTERME$I!TE !PPELL!TE COURT, respondents-appellants.chanrobles virtual law library

%!P, J.&

etitioner see!s the review o" the decision o" the Inter#ediate $ppellate

%ourt dated $pril &', ()*+ reversin the order o" the %ourt o" First Instance

o" %a#arines Sur, ranch VI, dated $uust (, ()*', which dis#issed the

co#plaint o" respondent ablo Feliciano "or recovery o" ownership and

possession o" a parcel o" land on the round o" non-suability o" the

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The bac!round o" the present controversy #ay be brie/y su##ari0ed as

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On 2anuary , ()3', respondent Feliciano 4led a co#plaint with the then

%ourt o" First Instance o" %a#arines Sur aainst the Republic o" the

hilippines, represented by the 5and $uthority, "or the recovery o" ownership

and possession o" a parcel o" land, consistin o" "our 678 lots with an

areate area o" (,&97.7(33 hectares, situated in the arrio o" Salvacion,:unicipality o" Tina#bac, %a#arines Sur. lainti; alleed that he bouht the

property in that on Nove#ber (,

()+7, resident Ra#on :asaysay issued rocla#ation No. )' reservin "orsettle#ent purposes, under the ad#inistration o" the National Resettle#ent

and Rehabilitation $d#inistration 6N$RR$8, a tract o" land situated in the

:unicipalities o" Tina#bac and Siru#a, %a#arines Sur, a"ter which the

N$RR$ and its successor aency, the 5and $uthority, started sub-dividin

and distributin the land to the settlers> that the property in


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On $uust &(, ()3', intervenors 4led a #otion to dis#iss, principally on the

round that the Republic o" the hilippines cannot be sued without its

consent and hence the action cannot prosper. The #otion was opposed by

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On $uust (, ()*', the trial court, throuh 2ude steban 5isin, issued the


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ad#itted by hi# and stated in the decision o" the %ourt a quo that settlers

have been occupyin and cultivatin the land in

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