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De syquia vs. Board of Power and Water Works

CARIDAD CRUZ DE SYQUIA, petitioner, vs. BOARD OF POWER AND WATER WORKS (formerly Public Service Commission), RAFAEL J. RUIZ, PETER ENRIQUEZ and CYRIL D. MOSES, respondents.

G.R. Nos.. L-42783-85 | 1976-11-29

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

The Court sets aside respondent board's orders ruling upon the complaints of the three private respondents-tenants of petitioner's apartment building that petitioner may not charge them pro rata the extra cost of electricity consumed for the building's common areas and facilities such as the elevator and servants' quarters. The question of the proportionate amount that each tenant should bear for the additional electricity cost for common facilities of the apartment building used by the tenants in common is purely civil in character, (involving the conditions of lease between landlord and tenant), to be...