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    Veranga Vs Republic (Chelle)

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    1) The case involved a land dispute over ownership of Lot 18009 in Quezon between the spouses Tan Sing Pan and Magdalena S. Veranga and the Republic. 2) The spouses claimed they had purchased the land 18 years prior and had paid taxes on it since then. However, the Republic appealed, arguing the court did not have jurisdiction because the spouses failed to prove publication of notice of the initial hearing. 3) The Court of Appeals ruled that the trial court did not have jurisdiction over the case because the spouses, as the parties who would benefit from being awarded the land, did not establish proof that the publication requirement was fulfilled.

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    1) The case involved a land dispute over ownership of Lot 18009 in Quezon between the spouses Tan Sing Pan and Magdalena S. Veranga and the Republic. 2) The spouses claimed they had purchased the land 18 years prior and had paid taxes on it since then. However, the Republic appealed, arguing the court did not have jurisdiction because the spouses failed to prove publication of notice of the initial hearing. 3) The Court of Appeals ruled that the trial court did not have jurisdiction over the case because the spouses, as the parties who would benefit from being awarded the land, did not establish proof that the publication requirement was fulfilled.

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    1) The case involved a land dispute over ownership of Lot 18009 in Quezon between the spouses Tan Sing Pan and Magdalena S. Veranga and the Republic. 2) The spouses claimed they had purchased the land 18 years prior and had paid taxes on it since then. However, the Republic appealed, arguing the court did not have jurisdiction because the spouses failed to prove publication of notice of the initial hearing. 3) The Court of Appeals ruled that the trial court did not have jurisdiction over the case because the spouses, as the parties who would benefit from being awarded the land, did not establish proof that the publication requirement was fulfilled.

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    Veranga Vs Republic (Chelle)

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    1) The case involved a land dispute over ownership of Lot 18009 in Quezon between the spouses Tan Sing Pan and Magdalena S. Veranga and the Republic. 2) The spouses claimed they had purchased the land 18 years prior and had paid taxes on it since then. However, the Republic appealed, arguing the court did not have jurisdiction because the spouses failed to prove publication of notice of the initial hearing. 3) The Court of Appeals ruled that the trial court did not have jurisdiction over the case because the spouses, as the parties who would benefit from being awarded the land, did not establish proof that the publication requirement was fulfilled.

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    VERANGA VS REPUBLIC Facts: The Director of Lands instituted with the then Court of First Instance of Gumaca, Quezon

    Case No. 67, LRC GLRO Rec. No. 1026 pursuant to the governments initiative to place all lands under the Cadastral System. More than six (6) decades later the spouses Tan Sing Pan and Magdalena S. Veranga filed their answer. In their Answer, petitioners asserted ownership over Lot No. 18009 in Quezon. Petitioners averred that they acquired the lot in question pursuant to a deed of sale executed in their favor by the children of the late Juan Laude. Petitioners alleged that they have been in possession of the lot for about eighteen (18) years from the time they purchased it from their predecessors-in-interest, have paid the realty taxes due thereon, and that their possession thereof was public, peaceful, in the concept of an owner, continuous and against the world. Tacking their possession to that of their predecessors-in-interest, petitioners claimed that they have been in possession of the subject lot for almost 60 years now. RTC confirmed the title. Office of the Solicitor General, went on appeal to the CA on the sole jurisdictional issue of whether the trial court erred in proceeding with the hearing of the case despite petitioners failure to prove the publication of the Notice of Initial Hearing in the Office Gazette. This was granted, hence this appeal. ISSUE: Whether the court has acquired jurisdiction over the case long before, since this case is merely a continuation of the previous hearing. Whether the Republic is stopped from raising the issue of jurisdiction. Whether the Dir of Lands has the burden of showing proof of publication of the Notice of Initial Hearing. HELD: NO. The court has no jurisdiction over the case. Cadastral proceedings, like ordinary registration proceedings, are proceedings in rem, and are governed by the usual rules of practice, procedure and evidence. A cadastral decree and a certificate of title are issued only after the applicants prove all the requisite jurisdictional facts: that they are entitled to the claimed lot; that all parties are heard; and that evidence is considered. It is incumbent upon the petitioners to establish by positive proof that the publication requirement has been complied with, what with the fact that they are the ones who stood to be benefited by the adjudication of the subject lot.

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