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Filipinas Compania De Seguros, Et Al. Vs. Francisco Y. Mandanas, Et Al.

FILIPINAS COMPANIA DE SEGUROS, ET AL., petitioners-appellees, vs. HON. FRANCISCO Y. MANDANAS, in his capacity as Insurance Commissioner, respondent-appellant, AGRICULTURAL FIRE INSURANCE & SURETY CO., INC., ET AL., intervenors-appellees.

G.R. No. L-19638 | 1966-06-20

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, C.J.: 

This is a special civil action for a declaratory relief. Thirty- nine (39) non-life insurance companies instituted it, in the Court of First Instance of Manila, to secure a declaration of legality of Article 22 of the constitution of the Philippine Rating Bureau, of which they are members, inasmuch as respondent Insurance Commissioner assails its validity upon the ground that it constitutes an illegal or undue restraint of trade. Subsequently to the filing of the petition, twenty (20) other non-life insurance companies, likewise, members of said Bureau, were allowed to intervene in support of the...