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Consuelo Reyes vs. CA

CONSUELO REYES, MARIO FRANCISCO and MARILA BERCE?O, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and JOSE ORTA?EZ and ANGEL ASEOCHE, respondents.

G.R. No. 94214 | 1992-12-01

D E C I S I O N

CRUZ, J:

This case demonstrates once again the acute housing problem in the urban areas and the bitterness that characterizes the struggle for a roof over one's head as part and parcel of the right to a decent life.

The subject of this controversy is a 4-unit apartment building located at Makisig Street, in Sta. Mesa, Sampaloc, Manila. It was originally owned by private respondent Jose Ortañez and leased separately to the three petitioners herein, namely, Consuelo Reyes, Mario Francisco and the late Felix Berceño, (now represented by his daughter Marila) and private respondent Angel Aseoche.

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