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Cariño, an Igorot, claimed ownership over land that had been in his family for generations based on Igorot custom of inheritance. While he did not have a formal title document, he and his family had occupied and used the land continuously for decades. The court ruled that Cariño had established ownership through ancestral possession and use of the land, even without a formal title under Spanish law. The decision established the Regalian doctrine that private claims to property must be presumed valid against

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Justice Pajarillo

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