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Lagcao vs Judge Labra

DIOSDADO LAGCAO, DOROTEO LAGCAO and URSULA LAGCAO, Petitioners, versus JUDGE GENEROSA G. LABRA, Branch 23, Regional Trial Court, Cebu, and the CITY OF CEBU, Respondent.

G.R. No. 155746 | 2004-10-13

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

Before us is a petition for review of the decision dated July 1, 2002 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 23, Cebu City[1] upholding the validity of the City of Cebu's Ordinance No. 1843, as well as the lower court's order dated August 26, 2002 denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration. 

In 1964, the Province of Cebu donated 210 lots to the City of Cebu. One of these lots was Lot 1029, situated in Capitol Hills, Cebu City, with an area of 4,048 square meters. In 1965, petitioners purchased Lot 1029 on installment basis. But then, in late 1965, the 210 lots, including Lot 1029, reverted to the Province of...