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Marcos Mendoza vs. Francisco De Leon 33 Phil 508

MARCOS MENDOZA, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO DE LEON ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 9596 | 1916-02-11

D E C I S I O N

TRENT, J.:

This is an action for damages against the individual members of the municipal council of the municipality of Villasis, Pangasinan, for the revocation of the lease of an exclusive ferry privilege awarded to the plaintiff under the provisions of Act. No. 1634 of the Philippine Commission. After user of a little more than one year, the plaintiff was forcibly ejected under and in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the herein defendants, awarding a franchise for the same ferry to another person.

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