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Chavez v. Public Estates Authority, 384 SCRA 152
Chavez v. Public Estates Authority, 384 SCRA 152
Facts:
Issue:
WON there is a violation of the 1987 constitution
Ruling:
Yes, The Regallian Doctrine was established in the 1935, 1973, and 1987
Constitutions, with the State taking over ownership of all public domain lands
and rivers from the King. It is a long-standing land ownership idea that "all
lands that were not acquired from the government, either by purchase or grant,
belong to the public domain."