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Ermita-Malate Hotel And Motel Operators Association, Inc. vs. City Mayor Of Manila

ERMITA-MALATE HOTEL AND MOTEL OPERATORS ASSOCIATION, INC., HOTEL DEL MAR, INC. and GO CHIU, petitioners-appellees, vs. THE HONORABLE CITY MAYOR OF MANILA, respondent-appellant, VICTOR ALABANZA, intervenor-appellee

G.R. No. L-24693 | 1967-07-31

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
FERNANDO, J.: 
 
The principal question in this appeal from a judgment of the lower court in an action for prohibition is whether Ordinance No. 4760 of the City of Manila is violative of the due process clause. The lower court held that it is and adjudged it "unconstitutional, and, therefore, null and void." For reasons to be more specifically set forth, such judgment must be reversed, there being a failure of the requisite showing to sustain an attack against its validity. 
 
The petition for prohibition against Ordinance No. 4760 was filed on July 5, 1963 by the petitioners,...