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Lopez vs. City of Manila

JAIME C. LOPEZ, petitioner, vs. CITY OF MANILA and HON. BENJAMIN A.G. VEGA, Presiding Judge, RTC, Manila, Branch 39, respondents.

G.R. No. 127139 | 1999-02-19

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari, assails the Order1 [Penned by Judge Benjamin A.G. Vega, Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 39, Rollo, pp. 16 - 28.] of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 39, promulgated on October 24, 1996, dismissing Civil Case No. 96-77510 which sought the declaration of nullity of City of Manila Ordinance No. 7894, filed by petitioner Jaime C. Lopez.

The facts as found by the trial court are as follows:

Section 219 of Republic Act 7160 (R.A. 7160) or the Local Government Code of 1991 requires the conduct of the general revision of real property as follows:

"General...