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Villahermosa vs. Comm. Of Immigration, 80 Phil 541

FLORENTINA VILLAHERMOSA, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-1663 | 1948-03-31

D E C I S I O N

BENGZON, J:

This is an appeal from the order of Honorable Sotero Rodas, Judge of the Manila Court of First Instance, denying the writ of habeas corpus requested by Florentina Villahermosa on behalf of her son Delfin Co, who is under detention by the immigration authorities for purposes of deportation.

In the night of March 24, 1947, a party of sixty-nine Chinese landed clandestinely on the shores of Sto. Domingo, Ilocos Sur, in an attempt to evade our immigration laws. Leading them was Delfin Co, a young man, 18 years old, born in Paniqui, Tarlac, of a Chinese father named Co Suy, alias Yu Kui, and Florentina Villahermosa his...