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Municipality of Talisay vs. Hilario Ramirez, et al.

MUNICIPALITY OF TALISAY, petitioner, vs. SPOUSES HILARIO RAMIREZ and ERLINDA RAMIREZ and SPOUSES WILLIAM ABARQUEZ and JOSEPHINE ABARQUEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 77071 | 1990-03-22

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

This case has, to use a tired phrase, been overtaken by events. The petition has been de-fanged, so to speak, and must now be retired.

The facts are simple.

On 13 November 1985, the Municipality of Talisay, in Cebu, filed a complaint for the expropriation of two lots belonging to the private respondents. On 25 November 1985, Judge Valeriano P. Tomol, Jr. of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu denied the defendants' motion to dismiss, after hearing, and issued a writ of possession in favor of the plaintiff. On 21 April 1986, the court ordered the parties to designate three commissioners each to assist it in...