Philippine Sugar Estates Development Co. v. Government of the Philippine Islands
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO AND APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis
When Spain ceded the Philippine Islands to the United States large tracts of agricultural lands were owned by the great religious orders.. For political Reasons it was deemed advisable that our Government should acquire the Friar lands and sell them to tenants in Small holdings on easy terms. Lengthy negotiations conducted to that end- by the Civil Governor were concluded in 1903. Most of the lands owned by the Dominicans, amounting to 60,461 hectares, had been conveyed to the Philippine Sugar Estates Development Company, Limited; and with that corporation a contract of sale and purchase was…
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