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Wilfredo David vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

WILFREDO DAVID, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, JULIO MANALILI, ARCADIO BALAGTAS, MARTIN PASCUAL, RICARTE SUPAN, FIDEL LIWANAG, MATIAS DIZON, NARCISO LUMBA, DANIEL SUPAN and CIRIACO REYES, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-57719-21 | 1988-05-06

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J.:

Submitted for determination in this petition for review on certiorari is the issue of whether or not tenants in plantations exclusively devoted to sugarcane production may automatically convert their relationship with the landowner from sharing to leasehold system in the absence of a presidential proclamation sanctioning such change of relationship.

The nine [9] private respondents herein were share tenants of Patricio David in his 36-hectare land in barangays San Pablo and San Agustin in Magalang, Pampanga. Each tenant had a landholding ranging in area from four to five hectares devoted entirely to the...