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Tan Ty vs. LTA

TAN TY, petitioner-appellant, vs. LAND TENURE ADMINISTRATION (defunct) now LAND AUTHORITY, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-27971 | 1970-10-16

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J: 

The decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila (in Civil Case No. 68028), is appealed to this Court by Tan Ty, a Chinese citizen, raising the issue of the qualification of a non-Filipino citizen to lease land previously expropriated by the Government for resale to its bona fide tenants and occupants and to other qualified persons, under the provisions of Republic Act 1162, as amended by Republic Act 1599. 

The case arose from the denial by the Land Tenure Administration (now replaced by Land Authority) of the application of Tan Ty, a Chinese, to lease four lots (Nos. 19, 20, 21, and...