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Jose Rodriguez, Et Al. Vs. City Of Manila, Et Al. 046 Phil 171

JOSE RODRIGUEZ ET AL., plaintiff-appellees, vs. THE CITY OF MANILA ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-22206 | 1924-09-13

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J .:

This is a proceeding in prohibition and is before this court upon appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila declaring that Ordinance No. 1148 of the City of Manila is null and void and prohibiting the respondents, the herein appellants, and their subordinates form carrying the ordinance into effect.
The ordinance in question is entitled "An ordinance appropriating funds for the necessary expenses of the Government of the City of Manila during the fiscal year ending December thirty-first of the year one thousand nine hundred twenty-four, and other purposes." A draft of it, substantially...