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S. Shioji Vs. Honorable Geo. R. Harvey 043 Phil 333

S. SHIOJI, petitioner, vs. Honorable GEO. R. HARVEY, Judge of First Instance of Manila, PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. and TOYO KISEN KAISHA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-18940 | 1922-04-27

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J.:

Two questions are presented for decision in this original proceeding by prohibition. The first question, pressed by petitioner, relates to the interference on the part of a lower court with a judgment of the Supreme Court. The second question, urged by respondents, relates to the validity of Rule 24 (a) of the Supreme Court. While, in our opinion, a resolution of the first point is decisive of the case, and any discussion of the other point has no more than academic interest, yet, having in mind the position of the court when one of its own rules is assailed as "unconstitutional, null and void," we have...