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Donato Ramirez, Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

SPOUSES DONATO RAMIREZ AND MARIA RAMIREZ petitioners, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF PINAMALAYAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO AND IGMEDIO REYES, respondents.

G.R. No. 76366 | 1990-07-03

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

The land in question is a 1,200 meters long and 15 meters wide strip of land denominated as the Malitbog-Naksib Narra Road and situated in Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro. This was donated sometime in 1923 by the predecessor-in-interest of herein private respondent Igmedio Reyes to the government for the construction and utilization thereof as provincial-municipal road. However, the government failed to construct a road or at least improve the land. So on October 9, 1959, the donor in writing, revoked the donation on the ground that the purpose for which the donation was made was never pursued.

In 1960, the...