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Praxedes Gabriel, Et Al. vs. Andres Reyes, Et Al.

PRAXEDES GABRIEL, ANDREA GABRIEL, TRINIDAD GABRIEL, RIZALINA GABRIEL, ESTER GABRIEL, VICTORIA GABRIEL, SALUD GABRIEL, BENJAMIN GABRIEL, ANDRES GABRIEL, JR., BERNARDO SANTIAGO, ESTEBAN BUENDIA, MAURICIO SANTIAGO, EUSEBIO BATACAN and JOSE KAMATOY, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE ANDRES REYES, as Judge of Rizal, Branch VI and THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-22305 | 1966-04-30

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

This is an original action for certiorari and/or prohibition to set aside an order of respondent Judge, Andres Reyes, dated October 22, 1963, in Case No. 7737 of the Court of First Instance of Rizal and to restrain further proceedings in said case. 

Petitioners herein 1 are the owners of a parcel of land, of about 41,671.44 square meters, situated in the barrio of Dampalit, municipality of Malabon, province of Rizal. On October 25, 1947, the Republic of the Philippines instituted against them Civil Case No. 344 of the Court of First Instance of Rizal for the expropriation of said land in order...