Jagualing v. Court of Appeals194 SCRA 607A certain parcel of
land is located in Sta. Cruz, agoloan, !isa"is #riental $it% an
area of 16,4&' s(. "., for"ing part of an island in a
non)naviga*le river, *ounded *+ t%e agoloan River ont%e nort%,
sout%, and east and *+ t%e portion *elonging to ,icente -eri on t%e
$est. Janita .duave clai"s t%at s%e in%erited t%e land fro" %er
fat%er, /elo"ino /actura, toget%er $it% %is co)%eirs, Reneiro
/actura and Aldenora /actura, and ac(uired sole o$ners%ip of t%e
propert+ *+ virtue of a 0eed of .1tra Judicial 2artition $it% sale.
%e land is declared for ta1 purposes under a1 0eclaration '6137
$it% an area of 16,4&' s(. ". Since t%e deat% of %er fat%er on
& !a+ 1949, .duave %ad *een in possession of t%e propert+
alt%oug% t%e ta1 declaration re"ains in t%e na"e of t%e deceased
fat%er. %e entire land %ad an area of 16,4&' s(. ". appearing
in t%e deedof e1tra4udicial partition, $%ile in ta1 declaration t%e
area is onl+ 4,937 s(. "., and s%e reasoned out t%at s%eincluded
t%e land t%at $as under $ater. %e land $as eroded so"eti"e in
-ove"*er 1964 due to t+p%oon 5neng, destro+ing t%e *igger portion
and t%e i"prove"ents leaving onl+ a coconut tree. 5n 1966 due to
t%e "ove"ent of t%e river deposits on t%e land t%at $as not eroded
increased t%e area to al"ost %alf a %ectare and in 1970 .duave
started to plant *anana trees. 5n 1973, !a1i"o and Anuncita
Jagualing as6ed %er per"ission to plant corn and *ananas provided
t%at t%e+ prevent s(uatters to co"e to t%e area. .duave engaged t%e
services of a surve+or $%o conducted a surve+ and placed
concrete"onu"ents over t%e land. .duave also paid ta1es on t%e land
in litigation, and "ortgaged t%e land to t%e 7uzon Suret+ and Co.,
for a consideration of 26,000.00. %e land $as t%e su*4ect of a
reconve+ance case *et$een Janita .duave vs. 8eirs of Antonio
/actura, $%ic% $ast%e su*4ect of 4udg"ent *+ co"pro"ise in vie$ of
t%e a"ica*le settle"ent of t%e parties. %e %eirs of Antonio /actura
%ad ceded a portion of t%e land $it% an area of 1,'99 s(. "., to
Janita .duave in a notarial docu"ent of conve+ance, pursuant to t%e
decision of t%e C/5, after a su*division of t%e lot 6' 2ls)799, and
containing 1,'99 s(. ". $as designated as 7ot 6')A, and t%e
su*division plan $as approved. .duave also applied for concession
$it% t%e :ureau of !ines to e1tract '00 "3 of grave, and after an
ocular inspection t%e per"it $as granted. .duave, after per"it $as
granted, entered into an agree"ent $it% agoloan Aggregates to
e1tract sand and gravel, $%ic% agree"ent $as registered in t%e o;ce
of t%e Register of 0eeds. !a1i"o and Anuncita Jagualing assert t%at
t%e+ are t%e real o$ners of t%e land in litigation containing an
area of 19,000 s(. ". 0uring t%e t+p%oon 5neng in 1964 t%e river
control $as $as%ed a$a+ causing t%e for"ation of an island.
Jagualing started occup+ing t%e land in 1969, paid land ta1es as
evidenced *+ ta1 declaration '6390 and ta1 receipts, and ta1
clearances. Actual occupation of t%e land *+ Jagualing included
i"prove"ents and t%e %ouse.Rud+gondo and Janita .duave
