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Province Of Zamboanga Del Norte vs. City Of Zamboanga, Et Al.

THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CITY OF ZAMBOANGA, SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-24440 | 1968-03-28

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

Prior to its incorporation as a chartered city, the Municipality of Zamboanga used to be the provincial capital of the then Zamboanga Province. On October 12, 1936, Commonwealth Act 39 was approved converting the Municipality of Zamboanga into Zamboanga City. Sec. 50 of the Act also provided that - 

"Buildings and properties which the province shall abandon upon the transfer of the capital to another place will be acquired and paid for by the City of Zamboanga at a price to be fixed by the Auditor General." 

The properties and buildings referred to consisted of 50 lots and some buildings...