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2015-09-07 |
LEONEN, J. |
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| Thus, the requisites for the issuance of a free patent are as follows: first, the applicant is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines; second, the applicant is not the owner of more than 12 hectares of land; third, the applicant has continuously occupied and cultivated, either himself or through his predecessors-in-interest, a tract or tracts of agricultural public land subject to disposition, for at least 30 years before the effectivity of Republic Act No. 6940; and fourth, the applicant has paid the real taxes thereon while the land has not been occupied by any other person.[84] | |||||
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2011-03-21 |
SERENO, J. |
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| The difference in appreciation by the trial court and the appellate court of the evidence with respect to the circumstances surrounding the cash shortage is prima facie justification for the Court to review the facts and the records of the case. While factual issues are not within the province of this Court, as it is not a trier of facts and is not required to examine or contrast the oral and documentary evidence de novo, this Court has the authority to review and, in proper cases, reverse the factual findings of lower courts when the findings of fact of the trial court are in conflict with those of the appellate court.[82] | |||||