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Franciso Macatangay vs. Secretary Of Public Works And Communications, Et Al.

FRANCISO MACATANGAY, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS and MARIANO DILAY, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-21673 | 1966-05-16

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

Francisco Macatangay on April 14, 1961 applied with the Bureau of Lands for temporary agricultural use of a 1,200-square meter land in Sta. Clara, Batangas, Batangas. On April 17, 1961 he was issued a permit fee good for a year expiring on April 16, 1962, upon payment of P5.00. Subsequently, he introduced improvements in the form of dikes and fillings on the eastern bank of the Clara river, also known as the Pantalan river. railway For alleged violation by him of Republic Act 2056, consisting in illegal encroachment into the Sta. Clara river, a complaint was filed on September 5, 1961 with the...