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Monico Puentevella, Et Al. Vs. Far Eastern Air Transport, Et Al. 094 Phil 644

MONICO PUENTEVELLA, JR., CARMEN GONZAGA, TEOFILO GENSOLI, LUIS HERVIAS, ANTONIO P. CIOCON, RICARDO S. CIOCON, ROSARIO GENSOLIN, MARGARITA TULO, DOLORES TANPINCO, ANGELES JARDELEZA, DOLORES ESTROLOGO, TOMAS JAMILE, and BENJAMIN A. LEDESMA, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. FAR EASTERN AIR TRANSPORT, INC., PHILIPPINE AIR LINES, INC., and COMMERCIAL AIR LINES, INC., defendants, FAR EASTERN AIR TRANSPORT, INC., and PHILIPPINE AIR LINES, INC., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-4958 | 1954-03-30

D E C I S I O N


LABRADOR, J.:

This action was instituted in the Court of First Instance of Occidental Negros by the plaintiffs, who are owners of certain lands adjacent to the City of Bacolod which the U. S. Army converted into an airfield, known as the Bacolod City Airstrip No. 2, to recover from the defendants the value of the use and occupation of said airfield by them.

The lands in question were occupied by the U. S. Army around the month of April, 1945. It constructed thereon, with or without the consent of the owners, permanent improvements in the form of runways for the landing and taking off of planes, parking places -...