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2015-07-08 |
DEL CASTILLO, J. |
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| In Republic v. Cortez,[26] the Court made the following pronouncement: It must be stressed that incontrovertible evidence must be presented to establish that the land subject of the application is alienable or disposable. | |||||
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2014-11-26 |
REYES, J. |
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| The burden of proof in overcoming the presumption of State ownership of the lands of the public domain is on the person applying for registration, who must prove that the properties subject of the application are alienable and disposable.[21] Even the notations on the survey plans submitted by the petitioner cannot be admitted as evidence of the subject properties' alienability and disposability. Such notations do not constitute incontrovertible evidence to overcome the presumption that the subject properties remain part of the inalienable public domain.[22] | |||||