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Inocencia Deluao, Et., Al vs. Nicanor Casteel, Et., Al

INOCENCIA DELUAO and FELIPE DELUAO, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. NICANOR CASTEEL and JUAN DEPRA, defendants, NICANOR CASTEEL, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-21906 | 1968-12-24

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

This is an appeal from the order of May 2, 1956, the decision of May 4, 1956 and the order of May 21, 1956, all of the Court of First Instance of Davao, in civil case 629. The basic action is for specific performance, and damages resulting from an alleged breach of contract. 

In 1940 Nicanor Casteel filed a fishpond application for a big tract of swampy land in the then sitio of Malalag (now the municipality of Malalag), municipality of Padada, Davao. No action was taken thereon by the authorities concerned. During the Japanese occupation, he filed another fishpond application for the same area,...