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Marcelo Steel Corporation, Et Al. Vs. Import Control Board, Et Al. 087 Phil 374

MARCELO STEEL CORPORATION, ET AL., petitioners, vs. THE IMPORT CONTROL BOARD, ET AL., respondents. WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL LTD., ET AL., intervenors.

G.R. No. L-4033 | 1950-09-21

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

The petitioners, Philippine manufacturers of nails, ask for mandamus ordering respondents to confiscate or impound for purposes of forfeiture about 11,475 kegs of nails recently imported from Japan and Hongkong by the intervenors. They allege that such kegs were landed in violation of the Import Control Law, and that if released into the local market will prejudice their financial interests and investments.

The respondents are the Import Control Board, the Honorable Guillermo Gomez as Import Control Commissioner and the Honorable Alfredo Jacinto as Acting Commissioner of Customs. These aver that the nails...