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Municipality of Jimenez, et al. vs Vicente T. Baz, Jr., et al.

MUNICIPALITY OF JIMENEZ, through its MAYOR ELEUTERIO A. QUIMBO, VICE-MAYOR ROBINSON B. LOMO, COUNCILORS TEOFILO GALORIO, CASIANO ADORABLE, MARIO APAO, ANTONIO BIENES, VEDE SULLANO, MARIETO TAN, SR., HERMINIO SERINO, BENJAMIN DANO, and CRISPULO MUNAR, and ELEUTERIO A. QUIMBO, ROBINSON B. LOMO, TEOFILO GALORIO, CASIANO ADORABLE, MARIO APAO, ANTONIO BIENES, VEDE SULLANO, MARIETO TAN, SR., HERMINIO SERINO, BENJAMIN DANO, and CRISPULO MUNAR, in their private capacities as taxpayer in the Province of Misamis Occidental and in the Municipality of Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, and BENJAMIN C. GALINDO and BENHUR B. BAUTISTA, in their private capacities as taxpayers in the Province of Misamis Occidental and the Municipality of Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, petitioners, vs. HON. VICENTE T. BAZ, JR., Presiding Judge, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 14, 10th JUDICIAL REGION, OROQUIETA CITY, and MUNICIPALITY OF SINACABAN through its MAYOR EUFRACIO D. LOOD, VICE-MAYOR BASILIO M. BANAAG, COUNCILORS CONCEPCION E. LAGA-AC, MIGUEL F. ABCEDE, JUANITO B. TIU, CLAUDIO T. REGIL, ANICETO S. MEJAREZ NAZIANCINO PAYE, JOSE P. BANQUE, NUMERIANO B. MARIQUIT, and FEDERICO QUINIMON, and THE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL through the PROVINCIAL BOARD OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL and its members, VICE-GOVERNOR FLORENCIO L. GARCIA, BOARD MEMBERS MARIVIC S. CHIONG, PACITA M. YAP, ALEGRIA V. CARINO, JULIO L. TIU, LEONARDO R. REGALADO II, CONSTANCIO C. BALAIS, and ERNESTO P. IRA, and THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT, through its Chairman, HON. EUFEMIO DOMINGO, and THE DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT through its Secretary, HON. LUIS SANTOS (now HON. CESAR SARINO), and THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, through its Secretary, HON. GUILLERMO CARAGUE (now HON. SALVADOR ENRIQUEZ), and The Hon. CATALINO MACARAIG (now HON. FRANKLIN DRILON), EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, respondents.

G.R. No. 105746 | 1996-12-02

MENDOZA, J.:


This is a petition for review of the decision dated March 4, 1992 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 14 of Oroquieta City, 1 affirming the legal existence of the Municipality of Sinacaban in Misamis Occidental and ordering the relocation of its boundary for the purpose of determining whether certain areas claimed by it belong to it.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

The Municipality of Sinacaban was created by Executive Order No. 258 of then President Elpidio Quirino, pursuant to §68 of the Revised Administrative Code of 1917. The full text of the Order reads:

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 258
CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY...