Practice question
A private surveyor certifies a tract is alienable merely from seeing crops. No legally sufficient government classification evidence is supplied. Does cultivation replace Section7 proof?
- No; physical cultivation does not itself establish lawful land classification
- Yes, every cultivated tract is automatically alienable
- Yes, any private survey reclassifies State land
- Yes, crop value overrides the public-domain status
- Yes, a neighbor’s impression is conclusive
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles420–422.
- RA11573: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11573_2021.html Section7.
- Republic v Heirs of Laudes GR256194 January31,2024 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/jan2024/gr_256194_2024.html MAIN classification evidence.
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