THE CASE OF TITULO PROPRIEDAD NO. 4136, DECLARED OF DOUBTFUL INVALIDITY IN DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY V. MUNOZ

DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY V. MUNOZ

> Titulo Propriedad No. 4136 was the high point of controversy in a land claim involving several hectares of land

> Pinagcamaligan Indo-Agro Development Corporation (PIADECO) was claiming to be the owner of some 72,000 hectares of land located in municipalities of Angat, Norzagaray, and San Jose Del Monte, province of Bulacan, and in Antipolo and Montalban, province of Rizal

> PIADECO relied on the aforementioned title as incontrovertible evidence of its ownership

> Justice Sanchez noted the dubious validity of the title in his opinion, stating “Private ownership of land must be proved not only through the genuineness of title but also with clear identity of the land claimed xxx no definite area seems to have been mentioned in the title”