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Roderico M. Deang vs. Intermediate Appellate Court, et al.

RODERICO M. DEANG, petitioner, vs. HON. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and MAYOR FRANCISCO G. NEPOMUCENO, respondents.

G.R. No. 71313 | 1987-09-24

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J p:

This is a petition to review the decision of the then Intermediate Appellate Court which reversed the resolution of the Philippine Gamefowl Commission in PGC Case No. 22 and set aside the order for the issuance in favor of the petitioner of a mayor's permit to operate a cockpit.

Petitioner Roderico Deang is the owner of a cockpit known as "Angeles Amusement Center" located at barrio Claro M. Recto, Angeles City, Pampanga. Deang purchased the cockpit in 1977 from Ponciano Dayrit, its operator since 1945. From the time he bought the cockpit, the petitioner was annually granted a license to operate the...