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Homeowners' Asso. Of The Phil., Et Al vs. Mun. Board Of The City Of Mla., Et Al.

HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., and VICENTE A. RUFINO, petitioners-appellees, vs. THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF THE CITY OF MANILA, ET AL., respondents; ANTONIO VILLEGAS, Mayor of the City of Manila, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-23979 | 1968-08-30

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, C.J.: 

This is an action, against the Municipal Board and the Mayor of the City of Manila, for a declaratory relief. It was brought by the Homeowners' Association of the Philippines, Inc. and its President, Vicente A. Rufino, to nullify Municipal Ordinance No. 4841 of the City of Manila, approved on December 31, 1963, to take effect on January 1, 1964. After appropriate proceedings, the Court of First Instance of Manila rendered judgment declaring said ordinance "ultra vires, unconstitutional, illegal and void ab initio," without pronouncement as to costs. Hence, this appeal by the Mayor of Manila. Said...