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Celedonio Quilban vs. Santiago R. Robinol

CELEDONIO QUILBAN, ROMUALDO DALAGAN, FORTUNATO RAMIREZ, AMADOR ALARCON and LUIS AGAWAN, complainant, vs. ATTY. SANTIAGO R. ROBINOL, respondent.

A.C. No. 2144 | 1989-04-10

R E S O L U T I O N

PER CURIAM, J.:

Subjected to frustrations were the dreams of thirty-two (32) squatter families to own the land of approximately 50 square meters each on which their respective homes were built. To vindicate their rights they have aired their plight before this Court. Thwarted, too, was the benevolence shown by the original owner of the land which parted with its property at a giveaway price thinking that it was accommodating the landless squatters.

The antecedent facts follow:

The Colegio de San Jose, a Jesuit corporation, (Colegio, for short) used to own a parcel of land at the Seminary Road, Barrio Bathala, Quezon City....