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City of Cabanatuan vs. Lazaro, et al.

THE CITY OF CABANATUAN, represented by the City Mayor, plaintiff-appellant, vs. DR. JUAN S. LAZARO and NIEVES MANINGAS, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-29256 | 1971-06-30

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.B.L., J:

Direct appeal from orders of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija in Civil Case No. 4768 dismissing plaintiff-appellant's complaint and denying its motion to reconsider the same.

In its said complaint, plaintiff-appellant sought the reformation of a lease agreement 1 pursuant to Article 1359 of the New Civil Code. 2 The said lease was entered into of 28 December 1959 between plaintiff-appellant, through its City Mayor, and defendants-appellees over a portion of Lot No. 1511 of Cabanatuan Cadastre (Cad. Case No. 3, G.L.R.O. Rec. No. 94) situated in the City of Cabanatuan which plaintiff-appellant...