Practice question
A taxpayer seeks to stop implementation of a specifically challenged appropriation for allegedly private subdivision roads. The defense says only an owner of those roads can ever question it. What aspect of Pascual is relevant?
- Only road ownership can create any standing in every such challenge.
- The appropriation automatically makes the taxpayer the subdivision owner.
- The taxpayer must first buy all neighboring lots.
- The recognized taxpayer interest in preventing allegedly unconstitutional public expenditure is not identical to private title ownership.
- The challenge is necessarily a copyright case.
Legal references
- Pascual v. Secretary of Public Works, G.R. L-10405, December29,1960, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1960/dec1960/gr_l-10405_1960.html
- Chavez v. Public Estates Authority, G.R.133250, July9,2002, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2002/jul2002/gr_133250_2002.html
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