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Metropolitan Water District vs. de los Santos

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, plaintiff-appellant, vs. SIXTO DE LOS ANGELES, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 33545 | 1931-03-07

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J:

This action was commenced in the Court of First Instance of the Province of Rizal on the 27th day of October, 1926. The plaintiff is a public corporation, with its central office in the City of Manila. It was organized under and by virtue of Act No. 2832, for the purpose of furnishing an adequate water supply to the City of Manila and the nearby municipalities. The purpose of the action was to secure the expropriation of the land of the defendants situated in the municipality of Montalban, Province of Rizal, with an area of 171.8861 hectares, more particularly described in Exhibits A and B attached to the...