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Mendoza vs National Housing Authority (NHA) 111 SCRA 837

SANTIAGO MENDOZA, CARMEN URBANO, MANUELA URBANO, RENATO DE GUZMAN, RAQUEL DE GUZMAN, ROSETTE DE GUZMAN, and ROMEO DE GUZMAN, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY and ANGELITO LAZARO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-58058 | 1982-01-30

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, JR., J.: 

Petition for prohibition, with a prayer for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction and/or restraining order, to restrain the respondents from the threatened demolition of the petitioners' houses situated in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City; and to declare Presidential Decree No. 1472  
unconstitutional. 

There is no dispute as to the material facts. The petitioners are occupants of certain portions of the Tatalon Estate in Quezon City. The petitioner Santiago Mendoza claims ownership over a portion with an area of 8.5 hectares which he acquired from the DEUDORS, as evidenced...