Practice question
An applicant offers only private affidavits saying the parcel looks agricultural and has no trees. No competent evidence establishes governmental classification or release as alienable and disposable. Which is correct?
- Visual appearance automatically establishes land classification
- Every treeless parcel is private
- The Regalian doctrine is irrelevant whenever crops can grow
- The applicant must establish the required legal land status through the governing proof framework; appearance and private assertions alone are insufficient
- The court must presume a government grant from the absence of trees
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — Constitution, Article XII section 2
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11573_2021.html — RA 11573, sections 6–7
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/feb2022/gr_213207_2022.html — Republic v. Pasig Rizal Co., Inc., G.R. No. 213207, February 15, 2022, main opinion
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