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Tomas Teodoro vs CA & Continetal Cement

TOMAS T. TEODORO, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and CONTINENTAL CEMENT CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 140799 | 2002-09-10

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

It appears from the records that on July 13, 1959, PAMI Development Corporation registered with the Mining Records of Bulacan its mining claims to a parcel of land consisting of 185.8611 hectares, located at San Mateo, Norzagaray, Bulacan. On December 23, 1964, it was issued Placer Lease Contracts, later renamed Mining Lease Contracts (MLC), Nos. V-202 and V-203, for a period of twenty-five years. On January 5, 1965, PAMI sold its mining claims to respondent Continental Cement Corporation.

Almost fifteen years later, on April 10, 1980, Francisco and Tomas Teodoro applied for quarry permits with the...