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Sixto Pangilinan Vs. Emilio Pena 089 Phil 122

SIXTO PANGILINAN, petitioner, vs. EMILIO PENA, Judge, Court of First Instance of Manila, SHERIFF OF THE CITY OF MANILA and CRISPULO Q. MANANSALA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-4143 | 1951-05-28

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

To stop the execution of a judgment for desahucio against him, Sixto Pañgilinan filed this petition for "certiorari, prohibition and injunction" alleging that proceedings had already been started by the City of Manila to expropriate and resell in small lots the whole of Nagtahan Estate that includes the parcel from which he was to be ejected. His plea was based on Commonwealth Act No. 538 providing that when the Government seeks to acquire any estate through purchase or expropriation proceedings all actions for ejectment against the tenants occupying said land shall be automatically suspended.

Undisputed facts...