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Kock Wing Vs. Philippine Railway Co. 054 Phil 438

KOCK WING, plaintiff-appellant, vs. PHILIPPINE RAILWAY CO., defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 31662 | 1930-02-14

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J.:

The lower portion of the Iloilo River is a tidal stream and navigable; from its mouth for a distance of about 2 miles, it has been used as the maritime harbor of Iloilo from time immemorial. In 1912 the official harbor lines were established in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 592 of the Philippine Commission.
In the year 1904 the Philippine Commission passed an Act 1 granting one Cho Hang Lin a revocable license to construct, operate, and maintain a slipway or marine railway on the foreshore of the west bank of the Iloilo River within the present harbor lines. Section 9 of the Act provided that the...