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Mejia vs. Balolong [SEPARATE OPINION, DISSENTING, PARAS, J.]

FLAVIANO MEJIA, TEOFILO P. GUADIZ, RUPERTO Z. TANDOC and POLICRONIO DE VENECIA, petitioners, vs. PEDRO U. BALOLONG, RICARDO VILLAMIL, TORIBIO QUIMOSING and CRISOLOGO ZARATE, respondents.

G.R. No. L-1925 | 1948-09-16

D I S S E N T I N G


PARAS, J, 

Section 2 of Republic Act No. 170 provides that "the City of Dagupan, which is hereby created, shall comprise the present territorial jurisdiction of the municipality of Dagupan, in the Province of Pangasinan," and that "the President of the Philippines may, by executive order, increase the territory of the City of Dagupan by adding thereto such contiguous barrios or municipalities as may be necessary and desirable in the public interest." Upon the other hand, section 88 of the Act provides as follows: "The City government provided for in this Chapter shall be organized on...