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Jose Gatmaitan Vs. Director Of Public Works 100 Phil 581

JOSE GATMAITAN, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-10012 | 1956-12-27

D E C I S I O N


MONTEMAYOR, J.:

The facts in this case are not disputed. In 1945, Mercedes Gatmaitan was listed as the owner of Lot No. 8709, situated at Kaytukong, Paombong, Bulacan, served by the Angat Irrigation System. For failure to pay the irrigation charges for the years 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1949, proceedings for the collection of unpaid irrigation charges were instituted in the Court of First Instance of Bulacan (Irrigation Case No. 1), in accordance with Irrigation Act No. 2152, as amended. Among the delinquent lots proceeded against was Lot No. 8709. Under section 13 of the Irrigation Law, as amended by Section 4 of Act...