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Faustino Cuneta vs. Manuel Castaneda, Et Al. 119 Phil. 485

FAUSTINO CUNETA, petitioner-appellant, vs. MANUEL CASTANEDA, ET AL., respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-20025 | 1964-01-31

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

After the government had purchased the Baclaran Estate for resale to bona fide tenants or occupants it subdivided it into small lots observing as close as possible the boundary line of the portions occupied by their tenants or occupants who, under the law, are given preference to purchase the portions occupied by them. The lots herein involved are two, namely, Lot 7 and Lot 8, both of Block No. 24, each containing 198 square meters. The Rural Progress Administration which was then in charge of the subdivision of the estate and its apportionment among its tenants, decided to award Lot 8 to Juan O. de Leon...