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Gone, et al vs. District Engineer, et al

IGNACIO GONE, BRUNO TENIO, LUCILA ALBA, GERUNDIO TORION, EUGENIO TENIO, CONSULACION TENIO, LIBRADA MONTEDERAMOS, SOTERA ALVAR, LEOPOLDO ALVAR, BENIGNO MINA, JOVENAL PALERMO, SALVADOR PENCINA, NORBERTO SARIDA, LEONILA SARIDA, MARIANO BATANAS, PEDRO DAGA, R

G.R. No. L-22782 | 1975-08-29

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

A dispute on the barrio, or barangay level, the more appropriate term under the present dispensation, is before us with this appeal from an order of dismissal by the lower court based on the failure to show a cause of action. 1 The matter was pursued with singular tenacity on the part of plaintiffs, now appellants, who were unable to reconcile themselves to the thought that the plans for a proposed barrio stage would be altered by the barrio council without their consent having been obtained. Unfortunately, the original complaint filed did not take into account the applicable Barrio Charter Act. 2 Its...