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Almuete Case: Land Reform Implications by Emmanuel C. Dumayas is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The defendants were charged with violating section 39 of the Agricultural Tenancy Law by pre-threshing a portion of their harvest without consent. The lower court dismissed the case. The Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal, finding that section 39 had been impliedly repealed. Specifically: 1) Section 39 prohibited pre-threshing under the share tenancy system to prevent fraud, but this system was abolished by the Agricultural Land Reform Code which instituted a leasehold system where tenants pay fixed rent
- Author
- Emmanuel C. Dumayas
- Language
- EN