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Enriquez vs. PEOPLE

CRISPINO ENRIQUEZ, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. 45889 | 1939-05-05

D E C I S I O N


MORAN, J:

Petitioner, Crispino Enriquez, owns in the barrio of Dalayap, Macabebe, Pampanga, a fishpond comprising two (2) parcels of land over which he holds a certificate of title. According to the findings of the Court of Appeals, these two (2) parcels of land are separated by a portion of the Dalayap river, a navigable stream of public ownership. As the fishpond is enclosed with dikes, a portion of the Dalayap river separating the two (2) parcels is thus cut off and the free course thereof obstructed by said dikes. On March 24, 1934, the Secretary of Public Works and Communications addressed to said petitioner the...