“right to register land”
Facts:
The appellant Republic implores before the court to set aside the decision of the CA declaring the ownership of a parcel of land in favor of Democrito Plazas. Plazas filed a petition for registration and confirmation of his title over the land in dispute contending that he is the owner thereof by virtue of an absolute deed of sale and that his predecessor-in-interests have been in open, continuous, exclusive and notorious possession and occupation of the same. The Republic filed in opposition to said motion assailing on the contrary while invoking that the land belongs to a public dominion and not subject for private appropriation. The land is subject to a request by the DENR for a Presidential Proclamation to reserve the land for Slum Improvement and Resettlement Site of the NHA.
