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Donataluna vs. pedro pacis

DONATA LUNA, petitioner-appellant, vs. PEDRO PACIS, personally and as Acting Collector of Customs, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-24237 | 1971-03-31

D E C I S I O N


ZALDIVAR, J:

Appeal, from the order of the Court of First Instance of Manila, in its Civil Case No. 58675, dismissing hero in petitioner-appellant's petition for mandamus with preliminary mandatory injunction upon the ground that the court had no jurisdiction over the case, and from the order denying the motion for reconsideration of the order of dismissal.

Petitioner-appellant, Donata Luna, was the owner of a fishing boat named M/B "PANINDA," duly registered with the office of the Collector of Customs of the Port of Manila. On October 25, 1962, said vessel was apprehended near the Calavite Lighthouse, in Occidental...