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    Valentin Susi bought a parcel of land in 1899 that had been possessed by previous owners for 19 years. Susi then possessed the land openly for over 45 years until 1913 when Angela Razon filed a case claiming ownership. The court dismissed Razon's case but she still bought the land from the Director of Lands, who ruled it was still public land. The court held that Susi's over 45 years of open, continuous possession was enough to acquire ownership through a grant by the state, even without an official title. Therefore, the Director of Lands' sale to Razon was void since the land was no longer public domain after Susi's long possession.

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    Valentin Susi bought a parcel of land in 1899 that had been possessed by previous owners for 19 years. Susi then possessed the land openly for over 45 years until 1913 when Angela Razon filed a case claiming ownership. The court dismissed Razon's case but she still bought the land from the Director of Lands, who ruled it was still public land. The court held that Susi's over 45 years of open, continuous possession was enough to acquire ownership through a grant by the state, even without an official title. Therefore, the Director of Lands' sale to Razon was void since the land was no longer public domain after Susi's long possession.

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    32. Susi vs Razon

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    Valentin Susi bought a parcel of land in 1899 that had been possessed by previous owners for 19 years. Susi then possessed the land openly for over 45 years until 1913 when Angela Razon filed a case claiming ownership. The court dismissed Razon's case but she still bought the land from the Director of Lands, who ruled it was still public land. The court held that Susi's over 45 years of open, continuous possession was enough to acquire ownership through a grant by the state, even without an official title. Therefore, the Director of Lands' sale to Razon was void since the land was no longer public domain after Susi's long possession.

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    Susi Vs Razon

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    Valentin Susi bought a parcel of land in 1899 that had been possessed by previous owners for 19 years. Susi then possessed the land openly for over 45 years until 1913 when Angela Razon filed a case claiming ownership. The court dismissed Razon's case but she still bought the land from the Director of Lands, who ruled it was still public land. The court held that Susi's over 45 years of open, continuous possession was enough to acquire ownership through a grant by the state, even without an official title. Therefore, the Director of Lands' sale to Razon was void since the land was no longer public domain after Susi's long possession.

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    SUSI VS RAZON (G.R. No.

    L-24066December 9, 1925)

    FACTS:

    On September 5, 1899, Valentin Susi bought a parcel of land from Apolonio Garcia and
    Basilio Mendoza. Prior to such purchase, the said sellers have been in an open,
    continuous, adverse and public possession of the land for 19 years.
    After the purchase, Valentin Susi took possession of the land in an open, continuous,
    adverse and public manner and without interruption. However on September 13, 1913,
    the possession was interrupted when Angela Razon filed an action to recover possession
    of the land. The Court of First Instance dismissed Angela Razon’s complaint.
    Despite the dismissal of the case, Angela Razon filed for the purchase of the disputed
    land with the Director of Lands. Valentin Susi filed his opposition and asserted his right
    over the land. However, the Director of Land overruled the opposition and sold the land
    the Angela Razon on the ground that the land was still and public land and Valentin Susi
    does not have a title over it.

    ISSUE:

    WON Valentin Susi already acquired title to the land.

    HELD:

    YES. Valentin Susi has been in possession of the land in question openly, continuously,
    adversely and publicly personally and through his predecessors for 45 years. This being
    the case, the doctrine laid down by the Supreme Court of United States in Cariño vs
    Government of the Philippine Islands is applicable. Here, it held that To acquire a right to
    a certificate of title over a land of the public domain, under the provisions of Chapter VI of
    Act No. 926, as amended by Chapter VIII of Act No. 2874, an open, adverse, public and
    continuous possession from July 26,1894, is sufficient, provided the possessor makes
    application therefor under the provisions of section 47 of Act No. 2874. The possessor
    under such circumstances acquires by operation of law, not only a right to a grant, but a
    grant of the government, and the actual issuance of a title is not necessary in order that
    said grant may be sanctioned by the courts.
    In the present case all the requirements for a grant were complied with since Valentin
    Susi has been in possession of the land in question openly, continuously, adversely,
    and publicly, personally and through his predecessors, since the year 1880, that is, for
    about forty-five years. By a legal fiction, Valentin Susi had acquired the land in question
    by a grant of the State, it had already ceased to be the public domain and had become
    private property, at least by presumption, of Valentin Susi, beyond the control of the
    Director of Lands. Consequently, in selling the land in question to Angela Razon, the
    Director of Lands disposed of a land over which he had no longer any title or control,
    and the sale thus made was void and of no effect, and Angela Razon did not thereby
    acquire any right.

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