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[4/4] Asiatic Integrated Corporation vs. Alikpala, et al

[4/4] ASIATIC INTEGRATED CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. HON. FEDERICO ALIKPALA, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila, Branch XXII, DOLORSINDO PANER and ARMANDO CAPISTRANO, respondents./THE CITY OF MANILA, RAMON D. BAGATSING

G.R. No. L-37187 | 1975-09-15

Part IV



What is more, by approving Ordinance No. 7451, the Municipal Board may be deemed to have done a more positive act of ratification, practically explicit, of the contract in issue. Contrary to the view of petitioners, the scope of said ordinance specifically embraces not only "vacant, unused and unencumbered patrimonial properties" but also any "other leasable properties" of the City. And as discussed earlier, public markets form part of said "leasable patrimonial properties". We need not determine whether the nature of the contract here is that of a lease wholly of the markets themselves or of only the management or operation...