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Ricardo Cruz vs. Court of Appeals

RICARDO CRUZ, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, LOPE S. OCAMPO, FEDERICO TUAZON, LEON SANTOS, ANGELINA LABRADOR, CIRIACA STO. TOMAS, VICTORIA ANONOY, CIPRIANA GONGON, CALOS GERONIMO, LEONARDO CHAVEZ, PABLO FLORES, NATALIA PAMINTUAN, GINI CARO, ROMAN SANTOS, TEOTIMO GARCIA, ANACLETO BUENO, ESPERANZA AGRAS, FIDEL ESTO, NATIVIDAD LLANES, and others, respondents.

G.R. No. L-44178 | 1987-08-21

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals declaring that the Padre Rada Market remains a public market under government supervision and control and that the private respondent-vendors be maintained in the premises.

The private respondents instituted a class suit before the then Court of First Instance of Manila, Branch VIII in behalf of the vendors and regular stall holders in Padre Rada Market for annulment with preliminary injunction against the then Manila Mayor Antonio J. Villegas, petitioner Cruz, and other persons whose names were unknown to them.

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