COURTS HAVE JURISDICTION OVER POSSESSORY ACTIONS INVOLVING PUBLIC LANDS

> Even pending the investigation of, and resolution on, an application by a bona fide occupant, by the priority of his application and record of his duty, he acquires a right to the possession of the public land he applied for against any other public land applicant, which right may be protected by the possessory action of forcible entry or by any other suitable remedy that our rules provide

> The grant of power and duty to alienate and dispose of the land doesn’t divest the courts of their duty or power to take cognizance of actions instituted by settlers or occupants or applicants against others to protect their respective possessions and occupations, more especially the actions of trespass, forcible entry and unlawful detainer