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La Sagrada Orden De Predicadores De La Provincia Del Santisimo Rosario De Filipinas vs. Metropolitan Water District

LA SAGRADA ORDEN DE PREDICADORES DE LA PROVINCIA DEL SANTISIMO ROSARIO DE FILIPINAS, plaintiff-appellant, vs. THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 18715 | 1923-01-08

D E C I S I O N


VILLAMOR, J .:

This is an appeal from a judgment for the Court of First Instance of Manila whereby the defendant was absolved from the complaint and the plaintiff was ordered to pay the defendant the sum of P1,404.44, the amount of defendant's counterclaim, with interest and costs.

It appears that upon the construction of the Carriedo water supply for the City of Manila, the plaintiff, "Sagrada Orden de Predicadores," donated to the municipality of Manila certain lands of its ownership situated in San Juan del Monte that were required for bringing the water to the city. In return for this act of liberality and...