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Lim, Sr vs. Sec. ANR, et al

VENANCIO LIM, SR., plaintiff-appellee, vs. THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, THE SUGAR QUOTA ADMINISTRATOR AND THE SUGAR QUOTA BOARD, defendants-appellants. BENITO ROCES, intervenor.

G.R. No. L-26990 | 1970-08-31

D E C I S I O N 


FERNANDO, J: 

The revocation of a lease contract by defendant Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources 1 was challenged in an ordinary action before the Court of First Instance of Rizal by plaintiff Venancio Lim, Sr., now appellee. The burden of showing a grave abuse of discretion that plaintiff had to bear, heavy enough as it was, was not made any lighter by the fact that such revocation was expressly affirmed by the then Executive Secretary acting by authority of the President. Nonetheless, plaintiff prevailed, the lower court relying on his plea that such an actuation was marred by a failure to observe the...