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City Of Baguio Vs. National Waterworks And Sewerage Authority 106 Phil 144

CITY OF BAGUIO, plaintiff-appellee, vs. THE NATIONAL WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-12032 | 1959-08-31

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

Plaintiff, a municipal corporation, filed on April 25, 1956, in the Court of First Instance of Baguio, a complaint for declaratory relief against defendant, a public corporation created by Republic Act No. 1383, contending that said Act does not include within its purview the Baguio Waterworks System; that assuming that it does, said Act is unconstitutional because it has the effect of depriving plaintiff of the ownership, control and operation of said waterworks system without compensation and without due process of law, and that it is oppressive, unreasonable and unjust to plaintiff and other...