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Bartolome E. San Diego vs. The Municipality of Naujan, Province of Oriental Mindoro

BARTOLOME E. SAN DIEGO plaintiff and appellee, vs. THE MUNICIPALITY OF NAUJAN, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO, defendant and appellant.

G.R. No. L-9920 | 1960-02-29

[With resolution of April 18, 1960]

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ DAVID, J.:

Following a public bidding conducted by the municipality of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro for the lease of its municipal waters, Resolution 46, series of 1947 was passed by the municipal council thereof awarding the concession of the Butas River and the Naujan Lake to the highest bidder Bartolome San Diego. Consequently, a contract was entered into between the said San Diego and the municipality, stipulating that for a period of five (5) years, from January 1, 1948 to December 31, 1952, the former was to be the lessee of "the exclusive privilege of erecting fish corrals...