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This document summarizes a Supreme Court case from 1986 regarding the registration of land. It discusses how a corporation, Acme Plywood, purchased land in 1962 from members of an indigenous group who had possessed the land for generations. The corporation sought to register the land in 1981. The Director of Lands objected that a 1973 constitutional provision prohibiting corporate ownership of public land applied. However, the Court ruled that the land was private, having been transferred to the corporation

Author

Deric Macalinao

Language

EN