Back

City of Manila vs Chinese Community 40 Phil 349

THE CITY OF MANILA, plaintiff-appellant, vs. CHINESE COMMUNITY OF MANILA, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No.L-14355 | 1919-10-31

EN BANC


JOHNSON, J.:

The important question presented by this appeal is: In expropriation proceedings by the city of Manila, may the courts inquire into, and hear proof upon, the necessity of the expropriation?


That question arose in the following manner:


On the 11th day of December, 1916, the city of Manila presented a petition in the Court of First Instance of said city, praying that certain lands, therein particularly described, be expropriated for the purpose of constructing a public improvement. The petitioner, in the second paragraph of the petition, alleged:


That for the purpose of constructing a public improvement, namely, the...