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Hospicio de San Jose de Barili, Cebu City vs. Department of Agrarian Reform

HOSPICIO DE SAN JOSE DE BARILI, CEBU CITY, Petitioner, versus DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, Respondent.

G.R. No. 140847 | 2005-09-23

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

Tinga, J.: 

At the core of this case is an obscure old special law. The issue is whether a provision in the law prohibiting the sale of the properties donated to the charitable organization that was incorporated by the same law bars the implementation of agrarian reform laws as regards said properties. 

Petitioner Hospicio de San Jose de Barili ("Hospicio") is a charitable organization created as a body corporate in 1925 by Act No. 3239. The law was enacted in order to formally accept the offer made by Pedro Cui and Benigna Cui to establish a home for the care and support, free of charge, of...