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Benvenencio Valencia, Et Al. vs. City Of Dumaguete, Et Al. 116 Phil. 247

BENVENENCIO VALENCIA, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THE CITY OF DUMAGUETE, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-17799 | 1962-08-31

D E C I S I O N 


DIZON, J.: 

 It appears that on June 6, 1959, Benvenencio Valencia and 28 other residents of different municipalities of Negros Oriental filed an action against the City of Dumaguete, S. L. Teves, Inc., Lorenzo Roberto and Eddie Go You Lee to recover from them the surcharges they had collected from the customers of four movie houses operated in Dumaguete City, pursuant to City Ordinance No. 76, Series of 1954, as amended. The complaint alleged, among other things, the following: 

 "5. That the subject matter of this case is one of common or general interest to about thirty (30) thousand persons...