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Jose Ayson Vs. Provincial Board Of Rizal 039 Phil 931

JOSE AYSON and PEDRO IGNACIO, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF RIZAL and THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF NAVOTAS, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 14019 | 1919-07-26

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J.:

The sole assignment of error on which appellants rest their case is that Section 2270 of the Administrative Code of 1916, now Section 2324 of the Administrative Code of 1917, is invalid.

On September 17, 1916, the municipal council of Navotas Rizal, adopted its ordinance No. 13, Section 2 of which provided that "all owners and proprietors of the industry known as fishing, with nets denominated `cuakit' and `pantukos,' before engaging in fishing in the bay of this jurisdiction within three leagues from the shore-line of this municipality, are obliged to provide themselves with a license issued by this...