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Manila Railroad Co. Vs. Asuncion Mitchel 050 Phil 832

THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, plaintiff-appellant, vs. ASUNCION MITCHEL, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 19280 | 1923-03-16

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J.:

This action was commenced February 18, 1918, in the Court of First Instance of the City of Manila, by the plaintiff, a foreign corporation, for the purpose of condemning certain real estate situated in the District of Tondo, City of Manila, adjacent to plaintiff's principal terminal station.

On February 24, 1918, the trial court entered an order authorizing the plaintiff to take possession "of each and every one of the parcels of land set forth in the complaint herein . . .." Pursuant to this authority, plaintiff took possession of the property of the Sy Quia estate described in its complaint (lot No. 1 on...