SITCHON V. AQUINO

98 PHIL 720

FACTS:

Petitioners constructed houses on a public road. They were made to pay concession fees and were issued receipts for the same. Thereafter, they were being ordered by the city engineer to vacate. Failure to obey, there was an order for demolition.

HELD:

Houses constructed without governmental authority, on public streets and roads, obstruct at all times the free use of the public of said places and accordingly, constitute nuisance per se aside from being public nuisances.