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Victoriano Manzano Vs. Arsenio H. Lacson, Et Al. 104 Phil 87

VICTORIANO MANZANO, petitioner-appellee, vs. HON. ARSENIO H. LACSON, as Mayor of the City of Manila and ALEJO AQUINO, as City Engineer of the City of Manila, respondents-appellants.

G.R. No. L-11051 | 1958-06-30

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.B.L., J.:

Sometime in August, 1948, the former Rural Progress Administration acquired a big parcel of land known as Tuason Estate No. 2 situated in Sampaloc, Manila, for resale to occupants thereof. Subsequently, the possession and administration thereof were transferred to "Ang Buhay, Inc.," a non-stock corporation, which undertook the survey and subdivision thereof into home lots. The corresponding survey plan of the subdivision, to wit: Psd-24819, was duly approved by the Bureau of Lands after it had been submitted to, and approved as to layout by, the Adviser to the President on Planning (par. V of the...