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Republic Of The Phil. vs. Numeriano C. Estenzo, Et Al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Represented by the Land Authority), petitioner, vs. HON. NUMERIANO C. ESTENZO, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Leyte; SPOUSES CARLOTA M. DE ESPELETA and JOAQUIN ESPELETA, CLOTILDE MARTINEZ, CELESTINO MARTINEZ, SPOUSES CARMEN M. PACHECO & FRANCISCO PACHECO, PRIMITIVO MARTINEZ, JOSE MARTINEZ, JR., and SHERIFFS OF THE CITY OF MANILA and QUEZON CITY, respondents.

G.R. No. L-24656 | 1968-09-25

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

Petition for certiorari and prohibition with preliminary injunction filed by the Republic to nullify three related orders of the Court of First Instance of Leyte, in its Civil Case No. 518-O, and to restrain, in the meantime, enforcement of a writ of execution issued in connection thereto. 

The germinal facts that gave rise to this case are as follows: 

On 11 November 1961, the Land Tenure Administration, representing the Republic, initiated and prosecuted expropriation proceedings in the Court of First Instance of Leyte for the acquisition of some 591.0654 hectares of private...