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Paz de Jesus Mesina vs. CA

PAZ DE JESUS MESINA and PETER DE JESUS, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and CETUS DEVELOPMENT, INC., respondents

G.R. No. 100228 | 1994-07-13

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J p:

Amid the bustling life in old Quiapo lies a parcel of land subject of a verbal lease as far back as the late 1800's. Through the years the lessees, who have been paying a measly rent, have been refusing to give up the property as it can be rented out for more than ten times their rent. Judicial attempts to eject them from the property were resisted successfully until, through an entirely new court action, they were ordered to vacate the premises.

We could have consolidated this case with Juarez v. Court of Appeals, 1 as both cases involved the same issue and a portion of the same parcel of land. But...