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Guzman vs. Municipality of Taytay

DONATO C. GUZMAN and MINORO TAMASHIRO, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAYTAY, PALAWAN, and ROMAN SANTOS, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 43626 | 1938-03-07

D E C I S I O N


IMPERIAL., J:

This is an appeal taken by the plaintiffs from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Palawan sustaining the legality and validity of ordinance No. 1, series of 1938, enacted by the municipal council of Taytay, of the said province, ordering them to pay the defendant Roman Santos, jointly and severally, the sum of twenty thousand (P20,000) pesos and setting aside the preliminary injunction issued therein.

The action was brought by the plaintiffs to annul the aforesaid municipal ordinance as well as the exclusive privilege of fishery issued to Roman Santos under said ordinance and to enjoin the...