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Pio Sian Melliza vs. City Of Iloilo, Et Al.

PIO SIAN MELLIZA, petitioner, vs. CITY OF ILOILO, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-24732 | 1968-04-30

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

Juliana Melliza during her lifetime owned, among other properties, three parcels of residential land in Iloilo City registered in her name under Original Certificate of Title No. 3462. Said parcels of land were known as Lots Nos. 2, 5 and 1214. The total area of Lot No. 1214 was 29,073 square meters. 

On November 27, 1931 she donated to the then Municipality of Iloilo, 9,000 square meters of Lot 1214, to serve as site for the municipal hall. 1 The donation was however revoked by the parties for the reason that the area donated was found inadequate to meet the requirements of the development...