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Lucila De La Paz vs. Court Of Agrarian Relations, Et Al.

LUCILA DE LA PAZ, petitioner, vs. COURT OF AGRARIAN RELATIONS and MARCOS PAPAG, respondents.

G.R. No. L-21488 | 1968-10-14

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

Availing of the right provided for in Section 14 of Republic Act No. 1199, as amended, which reads: 

"SEC. 14. Change of system. - The tenant shall have the right to change the tenancy contract from one of share tenancy to leasehold tenancy and vice versa and from one crop-sharing arrangement to another of the share tenancy. If the share tenancy contract is in writing and is duly registered, the right may be exercised at the expiration of the period of the contract. In the absence of any written contract, the right may be exercised at the end of the agricultural year. In both cases the change...