EN BANC
[G.R. No. 3075. April 14, 1909. ]
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CHURCH, Plaintiff, v. SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE INDEPENDENT FILIPINO CHURCH, GREGORIO AGLIPAY, and NARCISO HIJASDA, Defendant.
Hartigan, Marple, Rohde & Gutierrez, for Plaintiff.
Attorney-General Wilfley, Deogracias Reyes, Teodoro Gonzalez, Felipe Buencamino, Ramon Diokno, Fernando Salas, B. R. Mapa, Cirilo Mapa, Ledesma, Sumulong & Quintos, and Vicente Franco, for Defendants.
SYLLABUS
1. The Roman Catholic Apostolic Church in the Philippine Islands; its Juridical Capacity to Possess Property and Claim the Same In Court; Status of Ecclesiastical Property; Right to Possess and Obligation to Erect Ecclesiastical Buildings; Lack of Ownership and Possession on the Part of the Spanish Government; Right of
