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Tropical Homes, Inc. vs. Nat'l Housing Authority

TROPICAL HOMES, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF, PROVINCE OF RIZAL, and ARTURO CORDOVA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-48672 | 1987-07-31

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The question raised in this petition is whether or not Presidential Decree No. 1344, in relation to Presidential Decree No. 957, giving the National Housing Authority exclusive jurisdiction over cases involving the real estate business and limiting the appeal from such decisions only to the President of the Philippines, is constitutional.

The facts which led to the filing of the present petition are as follows:

On April 17, 1972, petitioner Tropical Homes, Inc. entered into a contract with private respondent Arturo P. Cordova for the sale to the latter of a lot at Better Living Subdivision in...