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Raymundo B. Tan, Et Al. Vs. Municipality Of Pagbilao, Et Al. 117 Phil. 895

RAYMUNDO B. TAN, JOSE ESGUERRA, ROMAN ABASTILLAS, ANTONIO QUEBRADO, ROMAN AGNES, ELISEO AMANDY, NICOLAS SOTOMAYOR, INESTORIO TORRENUEVA and FELIPE TIOSAN, plaintiffs-appellees, vs. THE MUNICIPALITY OF PAGBILAO, ELIAS PORNOBI, as Municipal Mayor of Pagbilao and CEFERINO CAPARROS as Municipal Treasurer of Pagbilao, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-14264 | 1963-04-30

D E C I S I O N


PAREDES, J.:

Defendant municipal corporation was the owner and operator of a wharf (Exhs. E & F). On May 31, 1956, the municipal council of defendant municipality enacted Ordinance No. 11, series of 1956, imposing certain charges and/or fees on articles or merchandises landed upon, or loaded from the said wharf and on the strip of shoreline adjacent thereto, measuring 300 meters. The plaintiffs, who were fishermen, merchants and proprietors of Padre Burgos, Quezon, had to pass Pagbilao in order to bring their goods consisting of fish, charcoal, copra, firewood and other merchandise to Lucena. The merchandise were...