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Vicenta Felix Vda. De Salgado, Et Al. Vs. Manuel De La Fuente, Et Al. 087 Phil 343

VICENTA FELIx VDA. DE SALGADO ET AL., petitioners; THE ARANQUE MARKET EXTENSION CHINESE VENDORS ASSOCIATION, petitioner-appellant, vs. MANUEL DE LA FUENTE, Mayor of Manila, MARCELINO SARMIENTO, City Treasurer, and ALEJANDRO SANTOS, Market Administrator, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-2127 | 1950-09-20

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

This is a petition for prohibition, challenging the constitutionality and validity of Republic Act No. 37 and Municipal Ordinance No. 3051, and seeking to permanently enjoin respondents from enforcing said Republic Act and city ordinance.

It appears that the petitioner is an association composed of market stallholders, most of whom are Chinese, engaged in the business of selling fresh foodstuffs at the Aranque Market Extension. By virtue of a contract of lease, petitioner erected a market building on the private property of deceased Julian Salgado, which is immediately adjoining the Aranque Market owned by...