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Raquiza vs. Bradford 75 Phil 50 [SEPARATE OPINIONS]

LILY RAQUIZA ET AL., petitioners, vs. LT. COL. L. J. BRADFORD ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-44 | 1945-09-13

Separate Opinions 

OZAETA, J., with whom concurs PARAS, J., dissenting: 

We dissent from the majority opinion which sanctions the long- continued deprivation of the petitioners of their sacred liberty without due process of law. 

The petitioners, Lily Raquiza, Haydee Tee Han Kee, and Emma Link Infante, were arrested by an agent of he Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) of the United States Army on March 13, 1945, February 25, 1945, and April 10, 1945, respectively, and have since then been confined in the Correctional Institution for Women by order and under the custody of the respondents. The returns filed by the respondents...