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Dasmariñas Water District, Petitioner, - Monterey Foods Corporation, Respondent
Dasmariñas Water District, Petitioner, - Monterey Foods Corporation, Respondent
.—It is axiomatic
that jurisdiction is determined by the allegations in the
complaint.
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* FIRST DIVISION.
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RESOLUTION
CORONA, :
1
This is a petition for review on of the May 26,
2006 decision and November 21, 2006 resolution3 of the
2
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1 Under Rule 45 (but petitioner also invokes Rule 65) of the Rules of
Court. , p. 12.
2 Penned by Associate Justice Vicente S.E. Veloso and concurred in by
Associate Justices Amelita G. Tolentino and Fernanda Lampas-Peralta of
the Special Fourth Division of the Court of Appeals; ., pp. 287-296.
3 ., pp. 304-306.
4 Formerly referred to as the National Water Resources Council. It was
renamed to National Water Resources Board pursuant to EO 124-A dated
July 22, 1987.
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1 30 300 12 P2.00 816.48 2,449.42 1,632.96 48,988.85
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13, [PD] 1067) from the San Pedro Creek and sea water from
Dapitan Bay for his fishpond.
Private Respondents/Intervenors do not dispute the water
rights petitioner had acquired by reason of those permits x x x x
x x x no dispute lies relative to the use or appropriation by
Petitioner of water from the San Pedro Creek and sea water from
the Dapitan Bay. The case does not involve a determination of the
parties’ respective water rights, which would otherwise be within
the competence and original jurisdiction of the [NWRB]. Rather,
the issue is whether or not the construction of the dike, obstructed
the natural water course or the free flow or water from
Petitioner’s higher estate to Intervenors’ lower estate thereby
causing injury to petitioner’s rights and impairing the use of his
fishpond.”21
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Besides,
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and ., concur.
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