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FACTS: An application for land registration was filed in the CFI in Bulacan by herein
Respondent. The subject property was a riceland with an area of 12,342 sq.m. known as Lot
2633, Cad-297, Paombong, Bulacan. It was originally owned and possessed by one
MamertoDionision since 1907 and was, thereafter, sold to Romualda Jacinto in 1926. Upon the
death of Romualda Jacinto, her sister Maria Jacinto (mother of the respondent) inherited the
land. Thereafter, upon the death of Maria Jacinto in 1963, respondent had herself inherited the
land, owning and possessing it openly, publicly, uninterruptedly, adversely against the whole
world, and in the concept of owner since then. Taxes due thereon had been paid as well.
The CFI ordered the registration of the land in favor of respondent on the ground that she had
sufficiently established her open, public, continuous and adverse possession in the concept of
an owner for more than 30 years. The OSG appealed to the CA and alleged that subject land is
a part of the unclassified region denominated as forest land of Paombong, Bulacan. The CA
affirmed the decision of the trial court.
ISSUES: Whether or not the land subject of the application for registration is susceptible
of private acquisition?