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Province of Pangasinan vs. Presiding Judge of Branch VII of the Cfi of Pangasinan

PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH VIII OF THE COURT OF FIST INSTANCE OF PANGASINAN, CLERK OF COURT, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF PANGASINAN (DAGUPAN CITY BRANCH) IN HIS CAPACITY AS PROVINCIAL SHERIFF EX-OFFICIO, SOC

G.R. No. L-38587 | 1977-10-28

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

The effort in this certiorari proceeding of petitioner province of Pangasinan to locate a legal justification for a further delay in the payment of the compensation justly due private respondents 1 for the expropriation of their lot used for school purposes, the property having been in its possession as far back as 1963, can hardly elicit judicial sympathy, much less approval. As shown by the very petition, the complaint for expropriation was dated July 10, 1963. 2 Then came on the very next day an order from the then Judge Guillermo Dacumos fixing the provisional value of such property at P1,050.48 and...