Legal Opinion
Sablan v. Cabrera
Supreme Court of The Commonwealth of The Northern Mariana Islands
Decided July 5, 1994No. Civil Action No. 91-0621; Civil Action No. 91-0687; Appeal No. 93-032Published
1Opinion of the Court
VILLAGOMEZ, Justice:
The Marianas Public Land Corporation (MPLC) appeals from a judgment in which the Superior Court held that the appellee, Cabrera,3 is entitled to five hectares of homestead land. The court ordered MPLC to give Cabrera 24,927 square meters (“m2") of land in addition to the lot containing 25,073 m2 that MPLC already deeded to Cabrera.
We have jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to the Commonwealth Judicial Reorganization Act of 1989.4 We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
ISSUES & STANDARD OF REVIEW
The issues presented by MPLC are whether the trial court erred in:
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