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Nicolas Diego Vs. The Court Of Appeals

NICOLAS DIEGO, petitioner, vs. The Court of Appeals and FAUSTO C. MENESES, Et AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-9217 | 1957-11-29

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

Review of the Court of Appeals' decision upholding the Pangasinan court's judgment that annulled the fishpond permit issued by the Director of Fisheries and the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources in favor of Nicolas Diego and his predecessors in interest. The annulment rested upon the finding by both courts that such permit covered portions of a navigable river.

In May 1949, Fausto C. Meneses, Josefa Llamas and two others complained in the said court against the above officials, Benedicta G. Ramos and Nicolas Diego alleging abuse of power and discretion in the grant of a permit to occupy and...