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Rosita C. Taleon, Et Al. vs. Secretary Of Public Works And Communications, Et Al.

ROSITA C. TALEON and MIGUEL SOLIS, petitioners-appellants, vs. THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS, THE DISTRICT ENGINEER, Province of Davao, and LUCIA O. TOLENTINO, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-24281 | 1967-05-16

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

Petitioner-appellant Rosita Taleon is the registered owner of a parcel of land in Lupon, Davao, which she acquired from her co- petitioner-appellant Miguel Solis who had constructed therein man-made canals and fishpond dikes.
 
On April 17, 1961, respondent-appellee Lucia Tolentino wrote a letter-complaint to the Secretary of Public Works stating that several fishpond operators and/or owners in Lupon, Davao have built dams across and closed the Cabatan River, a public navigable stream, thereby depriving her and the residents therein of passageway, fishing ground and water supply. This...