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Eugenio Pascual Lorenzo Vs. H. B. Mccoy

EUGENIO PASCUAL LORENZO, petitioner-appellee, vs. H. B. MCCOY, Collector of Customs, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. 5525 | 1910-03-21

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

An appeal by the Acting Insular Collector of Customs against a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila ordering that the petitioner be discharged from the custody of the Acting Insular Collector of Customs and be permitted to land in the Philippine Islands.

The petitioner, Eugenio Pascual Lorenzo, in his application to the Court of First Instance for the writ of habeas corpus, alleges:

"First. That he is allegedly detained and restrained of his personal liberty by the
Acting Collector of Customs of the Philippine Islands and is so detained and restrained at the custom-house in the city of Manila....