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Marinduque Iron Mines Agents, Inc. Vs. Secretary Of Public Works And Communications 118 Phil. 181

MARINDUQUE IRON MINES AGENTS, INC., petitioner-appellant, vs. THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-15982 | 1963-05-31

D E C I S I O N


MAKALINTAL, J.:

Appellant's petition for certiorari in the Court of First Instance of Manila was dismissed for lack of cause of action, on the ground that petitioner had not exhausted the administrative remedy available to him, namely, appeal to the President from the decision of respondent Secretary of Public Works and Communications. The events which gave rise to that petition are stated in the order of dismissal dated July 30, 1959, as follows:
"It appears from the allegations of the petition that the petitioner was denounced before the Port and Harbor Board, Manila for making certain constructions near the mouth of...