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Golden Ribbon Lumber Co., Inc. vs. City of Butuan 120 Phil. 1399

GOLDEN RIBBON LUMBER COMPANY, INC., plaintiff-appellee, vs. THE CITY OF BUTUAN and FRANCISCO MAGNO, in his capacity as City Treasurer of the City of Butuan, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-18534 | 1964-12-24

D E C I S I O N 
 
DIZON, J.: 
 
Appeal taken by the City of Butuan and Francisco Magno, as City Treasurer of the City of Butuan, from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Agusan in Civil Case No. 624 declaring void Ordinance No. 5, as amended, of said city, and ordering them to refund to appellee, Golden Ribbon Lumber Company, Inc., the sum of P1,190.92 paid by the latter as tax, under protest, with legal interests thereon from the filing of the complaint until fully paid, and to pay the costs. 
 
Appellee, a duly organized domestic corporation, operated a lumber mill and lumber yard in Butuan City....