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Lucio Javillonar Vs. National Planning Commission 100 Phil 485

LUCIO JAVILLONAR, petitioner-appellee, vs. THE NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-8698 | 1956-12-14

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

On January 30, 1947, the Republic of the Philippines instituted expropriation proceedings before the court of first Instance of Manila to expropriate four parcels of land situated in Tondo, Manila, known as "Terrenos de la calle Sande", containing an area of 9,601.70 square meters, and belonging to the Philippine Realty Company (Civil Case No. 1646). The Republic, through the Director of Lands, paid to said company the amount of P124,579.73 as the purchase price of the land. The expropriation was undertaken at the instance of about fifty persons, with their families, who had occupied for sometime...