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Serrano vs. de la Cruz

URBANO SERRANO, petitioner-appellant, vs. VICENTE DE LA CRUZ, Under-Secretary of Public Works and Communities, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. 45931 | 1939-04-14

D E C I S I O N


MORAN, J:

On July 20, 1937, petitioner herein, Urbano Serrano, instituted an action in the Court of First Instance of Pampanga praying that the respondent, Vicente de la Cruz, in his capacity as Under-Secretary of Public Works and Communications, be ordered to abstain from executing his order of April 15, 1937 or, if execution thereof be proper, then, said petitioners be awarded P3,000 in damages. The complaint alleges that ten years ago petitioner, upon permission granted by the municipal authorities of Bacolor, Pampanga, constructed a dam across Potrero river for the use of its waters in the irrigation of his land and...