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Joaquin De Villata Vs. J. S. Stanley 032 Phil 541

JOAQUIN DE VILLATA, petitioner, vs. J. S. STANLEY, Acting Insular Collector of Customs, respondent.

G.R. No. 8154 | 1915-12-20

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

In the language of plaintiff's brief "This an application for a writ of prohibition directed against the Collector of Customs and intended to restrain him from enforcing against plaintiff the provisions of Customs Administrative Circular No. 627. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is the master of S. S. Vizcaya of the coastwise trade; that as such captain, on July 6, 1912, when sailing from the port of Gubat to the port of Legaspi, P. I., he failed to notify the postmaster of the former port, in advance, of his intended sailing, and therefore failed to carry the mails between said ports; that defendant...