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Solanda Enterprise vs CA & Luis Manlutac

SOLANDA ENTERPRISES, INC., petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and LUIS MANLUTAC, respondents.

G.R. No. 123479 | 1999-04-14

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Ejectment suits settle only the issue of physical possession. They are not barred by the pendency of an action for the annulment of the sale and for the reconveyance of the disputed land. Furthermore, for the exercise of the right of first refusal granted by PD 1517, Proclamation No. 1967 requires the tenant to show that the disputed land is located within both an "urban land reform zone" and an "area of priority development." Finally, an ordinance of the City of Manila expressing an intent to expropriate the subject land will not by itself abate an illegal detainer suit.

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