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Netran, Inc vs. Bacolod City, et al

NETRAN, INC., plaintiff-appellee, vs. BACOLOD CITY and MIGUEL REYNALDO, in his capacity as Bacolod City Treasurer, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-29961 | 1970-08-31

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J: 

Appeal interposed by the City and City Treasurer of Bacolod from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental (in Civil Case No. 8072), declaring as null and void Ordinance No. 875, series of 1966, imposing graduated annual license fees on operators of transportation companies in the City of Bacolod. 

The case commenced with the filing in court by Netran, Inc. of a complaint, challenging the authority of the City Council of Bacolod to enact an ordinance (No. 875, s. 1966) imposing annual license fees on operators of public utility vehicles in Bacolod City, and praying for...