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Guido vs. Rural Progress Administration

JUSTA G. GUIDO, petitioner, vs. RURAL PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION, c/o FAUSTINO AGUILAR, Manager, Rural Progress Administration, respondent.

G.R. No. L-2089 | 1949-10-31

D E C I S I O N

TUASON, J p:

This is a petition for prohibition to prevent the Rural Progress Administration and Judge Oscar Castelo of the Court of First Instance of Rizal from proceeding with the expropriation of petitioner Justa G. Guido's land, two adjoining lots, part commercial, with a combined area of 22,655 square meters, situated in Maypajo, Caloocan, Rizal, just outside the north Manila boundary, on the main street running from this city to the north. Four grounds are adduced in support of the petition, to wit:

"(1) That the respondent RPA (Rural Progress Administration) acted without jurisdiction or corporate power in filing...