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Osmundo Medina, Et Al. Vs. Macario A. Asistio, Jr.

OSMUNDO MEDINA, ROSARIO BANZUELA, NATIVIDAD GATCHALIAN, ANTONIO REYES, DAMIAN MARABE, ANGELITO ADOLFO, VIRGILIO ABALARAO, ANTONIA GONZALES, DANILO MARIANO, GAUDENCIO MARIANO, PABLO COROT, AVELINO BORON, ANTONIO TORCUATO, JULIAN TORCUATO, Jr., GRACIANO ILAGAN, DEMOCRITO REAL, ADELAIDA ADOLFO, PEDRO MORTALLA, AND BANJAMIN DE LARA, petitioners, vs. HON. MACARIO A. ASISTIO, Jr., IN HIS CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF CALOOCAN CITY AND JOSE E.R. USON, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CITY ENGINEER OF CALOOCAN CITY, respondents.

G.R. No. 75450 | 1990-11-08

D E C I S I O N


BIDIN, J.:

This is a petition to review the decision of the Court of Appeals dated June 26, 1986, dismissing petitioners' petition for prohibition, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING CONSIDERATIONS, the petition is hereby DISMISSED. The temporary restraining order previously issued is hereby lifted, dissolved and set aside. No pronouncement as to costs.

"SO ORDERED."

Briefly, the antecedent facts are as follows:

Petitioners are residents of Marulas-A, a parcel of land situated in Caloocan City, which is owned by the Philippine National Railways (PNR). They claim to be long-time...