The State exclusively owned Lot 4998-B and
may not be divested of its right of ownership. Article 502 of the Civil Code
expressly declares that rivers and their natural beds are public dominion of
the State. It follows that the river beds that dry up, like Lot 4998-B,
continue to belong to the State as its property of public dominion, unless
there is an express law that provides that the dried-up river beds should
belong to some other person (Republic of the Philippines Vs.
Arcadio Ivan A. Santos III, et al., G.R. No. 160453. November 12, 2012).
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