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United States vs. Gregorio Cristobal 34 Phil 825

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GREGORIO CRISTOBAL ET AL., defendants. GREGORIO CRISTOBAL, appellant.

G.R. No. 11401 | 1916-08-23

D E C I S I O N

JOHNSON, J.:

The question presented by this appeal is whether or not a municipal ordinance which prohibits persons engaged in fishing from closing up or obstructing in any way public navigable rivers, or esteros, or other watercourses or bodied of water located within the jurisdiction of the municipality, is constitutional. That is to say, is such an ordinance within the powers, general or special, of a municipality?

It appears from the record, that in violation of provisions of municipal ordinance No. 42, as amended by resolution No. 42, "on or about the 17th of September, 1914, in the barrio of Pamugsuc, municipality of...