Tenorio v. Government of Guam

527 F.2d 1095 In the Matter of the Application for Registration of Title to Estate No. 972, Taogam, Barrigada, Guam of Joaquin Quitugua TENORIO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. GOVERNMENT OF GUAM, Respondent-Appellee. No. 73--1730. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. May 17, 1974. J. U. Torres (argued), Agana, Guam, for petitioner-appellant. Charles D. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Agana, Guam, for respondent-appellee. OPINION Before CHOY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and KING, * District Judge. PER CURIAM. 1 Appellant's application to register title to in excess of twenty hectares of Guam land was denied by the Island Court. The appellate division of the district court of Guam affirmed the denial. We also affirm. 2 Joaquin Sablan Tenorio and Maria Quitugua Tenorio, parents of applicant, conveyed to him by deed dated March 30, 1939 '. . . tract or parcel of land situated in the place called 'Tauguam,' formerly in the municipality of Agana, but now in that of Barrigada, which said tract of land measures 200 meters from East to West, and 250 meters from North to South, equivalent to an area of five hectares, and is bounded at the time of its inscription on the North, East and…