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Yngson vs. Secretary of Agriculture, et al. 123 SCRA 441

SERAFIN B. YNGSON, plaintiff-appellant, vs. THE HON. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE and NATURAL RESOURCES, ANITA V. DE GONZALES and JOSE M. LOPEZ, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-36847 | 1983-07-20

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental which upheld the orders of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Office of the President regarding the disposition of swamplands for conversion into fishponds. Originally taken to the Court of Appeals, the case was elevated to this Court on a finding that only a pure question of law was involved in the appeal.

There is no dispute over the facts. The Court of Appeals adopted the statement of facts in the Solicitor-General's brief. We do the same:

"The subject matter of the case at bar are the...