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Elpidio Javellana Vs. Public Service Commission 098 Phil 964

ELPIDIO JAVELLANA, ET AL., petitioners, vs. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-9088 | 1956-04-28

D E C I S I O N


MONTEMAYOR, J.:

On January 15, 1954, respondent Artemio G. Barron filed an application with the Public Service Commission for a certificate of public convenience to operate an exclusive ferry service between Calapan, Oriental Mindoro and Batangas, Batangas and vice versa, and between the same municipalities but via the town of Lobo, Batangas, which applications was amended on January 20, 1954.

On February 4, 1954, petitioners Elpidio Javellana, Marcelo Cruz, and Januario Jalandoni (motorboat service operators on the same lines) filed a motion to dismiss the petition on the ground that the Commission had no jurisdiction...