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Narcisa Buencamino, Et Al., Vs. C. Hernandez 118 Phil. 498

NARCISA BUENCAMINO, AMADA DE LEON-ERA?A, ENCARNACION DE LEON and BIENVENIDO B. ERA?A, petitioners-appellants, vs. C. HERNANDEZ, as City Treasurer of Quezon City, JAIME HERNANDEZ, as Secretary of Finance and LAND TENURE ADMINISTRATION, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-14883 | 1963-07-31

D E C I S I O N


REGALA, J.:

This is an appeal from the order of the Quezon City Court of First Instance, Judge Nicasio Yatco, presiding, dismissing the petition for mandamus filed by the herein petitioners to compel the respondent City Treasurer of Quezon City to accept Government negotiable land certificates as payment for land taxes.
The respondent City Treasurer accepts the following statement of facts set forth in the petitioners' brief:
On May 11, 1957, the Land Tenure Administration, LTA for short, purchased from the petitioners Narcisa Buencamino, Amada de Leon- Eraña, and Encarnacion de Leon, and other members of the de...