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JOVER v. INSULAR GOVERNMENT

Nos. 112, 113.

221 U.S. 623 (1911)

31 S.Ct. 664

55 L.Ed. 884

JOVER Y COSTAS v. INSULAR GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. INSULAR GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS v. JOVER Y COSTAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1911.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Aldis B. Browne, with whom Mr. W.A. Kincaid, Mr. Alexander Britton, Mr. J.H. Blount and Mr. Evans Browne were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Fowler for the Philippine Islands (Insular Government).

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

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...

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