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G.R. No. 141325 Digested
G.R. No. 141325 Digested
Issues:
a. Whether the subject parcels of land are public land; and
b. If they are not public land, whether applicants-petitioners have
registrable title to the land.
Held:
The petitions of the claimants are denied
a. Yes. The subject parcels of land are public lands which form part
of the bed of said lake. Art. 502 of the Civil Code enumerates the
bodies of water that are properties of public dominion, as
follows:
The following are of public dominion:
(1) Rivers and their natural beds;
(2) Continuous or intermittent waters of springs and
brooks running in their natural beds and the beds
themselves;
(3) Waters rising continuously or intermittently on lands
of public dominion;
(4) Lakes and lagoons formed by Nature on public
lands, and their beds;