the defendant , the comunidad de chinos de manila [ chinese community of manila ] , answering the petition of the plaintiff , alleged that it was a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the philippine islands , having for its purpose the benefit and general welfare of the chinese community of the city of manila ; that it was the owner of parcels one and two of the land described in paragraph 2 of the complaint ; that it denied that it was either necessary or expedient that the said parcels be expropriated for street purposes ; that existing street and roads furnished ample means of communication for the public in the district covered by such proposed expropriation ; that if the construction of the street or road should be considered a public necessity , other routes were available , which would fully satisfy the plaintiff 's purposes , at much less expense and without disturbing the resting places of the dead ; that it had a torrens title for the lands in question ; that the lands in question had been used by the defendant for cemetery purposes ; that a great number of chinese were buried in said cemetery ; that if said expropriation be carried into effect , it would disturb the resting places of the dead , would require the expenditure of a large sum of money in the transfer or removal of the bodies to some other place or site and in the purchase of such new sites , would involve the destruction of existing monuments and the erection of new monuments in their stead , and would create irreparable loss and injury to the defendant and to all those persons owning and interested in the graves and monuments which would have to be destroyed ; that the plaintiff was without right or authority to expropriate said cemetery or any part or portion thereof for street purposes ; and that the expropriation , in fact , was not necessary as a public improvement .