Carino v. Insular Government of Philippine Islands
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE . ISLANDS. The facts are stated in the. opinion. ---The Land Registration Court had jurisdiction of the subject-matter under act No. 496, §§ 2,19; and its decision was legal, just arid in conformity with the protection of private property provision of the Treaty of Paris. Public-Land Act, No. 926. This court has jurisdiction and writ of error is the proper method.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE . ISLANDS. The facts are stated in the. opinion. ---The Land Registration Court had jurisdiction of the subject-matter under act No. 496, §§ 2,19; and its decision was legal, just arid in conformity with the protection of private property provision of the Treaty of Paris. Public-Land Act, No. 926. This court has jurisdiction and writ of error is the proper method. The proceeding is one in rem and not in personam as it deals with titles to real estate. See § 705, Rev. Stat.; 27 Stat. 434; 31 Stat.-1189,1227; Ormsby v. Webb, 134 U. S. 47; Met.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This was an application to the Philippine Court of Land Registration for the registration of certain land. The application was granted by the court on March 4, 1904. An appeal was taken to the Court of First Instance of the Province of Benguet, on behalf of the Government of the Philippines and also on behalf of the United States, those Governments having taken possession of the property for public and military purposes. The Court of First Instance found the facts and dismissed the application upon grounds of law. This judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court, 7 Philippine, 132, and the…
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