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2000-11-20 |
PARDO, J. |
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| The ruling is erroneous. An applicant seeking to establish ownership of land must conclusively show that he is the owner in fee simple,[5] for the standing presumption is that all lands belong to the public domain of the State, unless acquired from the Government either by purchase or by grant, except lands possessed by an occupant and his predecessors since time immemorial, for such possession would justify the presumption that the land had never been part of the public domain, or that it had been private property even before the Spanish conquest.[6] | |||||
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2000-11-20 |
PARDO, J. |
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| The ruling is erroneous. An applicant seeking to establish ownership of land must conclusively show that he is the owner in fee simple,[7] for the standing presumption is that all lands belong to the State, unless acquired from the Government either by purchase or by grant, except lands possessed by an occupant and his predecessors since time immemorial, for such possession would justify the presumption that the land had never been part of the public domain or that it had been private property even before the Spanish conquest.[8] | |||||