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Tranquilino Roa Vs. Insular Collector Of Customs 023 Phil 315

TRANQUILINO ROA, petitioner-appellant, vs. INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. 7011 | 1912-10-30

D E C I S I O N


TRENT, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of First Instance of Cebu recommitting the appellant, Tranquilino Roa, t to the custody of the Collector of Customs and declaring the Collector's right to effect appellant's deportation to China as being a subject of the Chinese Empire and without right to enter and reside in the Philippine Islands. There is no dispute as to the facts.

The appellant, Tranquilino Roa, was born in the town of Luculan, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, on July 6, 1889. His father was Basilio Roa Uy Tiong Co, a native of China, and his mother was Basilia Rodriguez, a native of this...