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Abe-Abe, et al vs. Manta, et al

GERARDO D. ABE-ABE, FELICIANO MADRONA, LORETO VALDEHUEZA, MELECIO PE?ALOSA, PELAGIO BABIA, JUANITO TUMILAP, TIMOTEO CHAN, RICARDO BACOR, JESUS DORIA, VITELIANO DORIA, PABLO SIMITARA, VIRGILIO TARDE, POLICARPO RAGAS, EMILIANO EDULAN, DORICO LAGUNAY, FELIC

G.R. No. L-4827 | 1979-05-31

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

The legal issue in this case is whether the Court of First Instance of Camiguin has jurisdiction to adjudicate a dispute over water rights for irrigation purposes even if the controversy has not yet been passed upon by the National Water Resources Council, the agency vested with original and exclusive competence to resolve conflicting claims on the appropriation of water resources.

On August 20, 1976, the one hundred thirty-seven petitioners (farmers and owners of ricelands) filed an injunction suit in the Camiguin court against Pedro P. Romualdo (a lawyer and delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention).
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