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Eduardo Z. Romualdez, Et Al. vs. Francisco Arca, Et Al.

SECRETARY OF FINANCE EDUARDO Z. ROMUALDEZ, COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS JACINTO GAVINO and MANILA COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS PEDRO PACIS, petitioners, vs. HON. FRANCISCO ARCA, as Presiding Judge of Branch I, Court of First Instance of Manila, NORBERTO DE LA MERCED and NESTOR DE LA MERCED, respondents, TEXTILE MILLS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., intervenor.

G.R. No. L-25924 | 1969-04-18

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

This is a petition for certiorari and prohibition with preliminary injunction, principally to enjoin the court below from enforcing its order of April 13, 1966 in civil case 64133, restraining the respondents below (petitioners herein) from enforcing the Department of Finance memorandum of December 8, 1965, the letter of the Secretary of Finance of February 15, 1966, to the Commissioner of Customs, and the memorandum of February 17, 1966 of the Commissioner of Customs addressed to all collectors of customs, and, after hearing, to dismiss the said civil case. 

On December 8, 1965 the then Secretary...