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City Of Manila vs. Gerardo Garcia, Et Al.

CITY OF MANILA, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GERARDO GARCIA - Carmencita Villanueva, MODESTA PARAYNO - Narciso Parayno, JUAN ASPERAS, MARIA TABIA - Simion Diliman, AQUILINO BARRIOS - Leonora Ruiz, LAUREANO DlZO, BERNABE AYUDA - Leogarda de los Santos, ISABELO OBAOB - Andrea Riparip, JOSE BARRIENTOS, URBANO RAMOS, 1 ELENA RAMOS, ESTEFANIA NEPACINA, MODESTA SANCHEZ; MARCIAL LAZARO, MARCIANA ALANO, HONORIO BERI?O - Sedora Orayle, GLORIA VELASCO, WILARICO RICAMATA; BENEDICTO DIAZ, ANA DEQUIZ - (Mrs.) Alunan, LORENZO CARANDANG, JUAN PECAYO, FELICIDAD MIRANDA - Emigdio Egipto, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-26053 | 1967-02-21

D E C I S I O N 


SANCHEZ, J.: 

Plaintiff City of Manila is owner of parcels of land, forming one compact area, bordering Kansas, Vermont and Singalong streets in Malate, Manila, and covered by Torrens titles Nos. 49763, 37082 and 37558. Shortly after liberation, from 1945 to 1947, defendants entered upon these premises without plaintiff's knowledge and consent. They built houses of second class materials, again without plaintiff's knowledge and consent, and without the necessary building permits from the city. There they lived thru the years to the present. 

In November, 1947, the presence of defendants having previously been...