Legal Opinion
Jover Y Costas v. Insular Government of Philippine Islands
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 29, 1911No. 112, 113PublishedCited by 23 opinions
APPEALS FROM AND IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. The facts, which involve the validity of a grant of lands in the Philippine Islands, made prior to the cession to the United States, are stated in the opinión.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This was a petition to the Court of Land Registration of the Philippine Islands for the registration of the title to a tract of land in the City of Manila, claimed to have been granted to Don Jose Camps,’ February 12, 1859, by a decree of the Governor General of those Islands, reading as follows:
“Acting upon the petition in which Don Jose Camps on -November 17, 1858, solicited a grant for the land which he fills at his expense on the lowlands situated along the northern wharf (Murallón del Norte) and on the north side thereof, on the right s,ide of the mouth of the Pasig River; with an…
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- United States v. ClarkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
- Carino v. Insular Government of Philippine IslandsSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Tiglao v. Insular Government of the Philippine IslandsSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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