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Sy Man Vs. Alfredo Jacinto 093 Phil 1093

SY MAN, doing business under the name and style of "United China Import Trading", petitioner-appellee, vs. ALFREDO JACINTO, Commissioner of Customs, and MELECIO FABROS, Collector of Customs for the Port of Manila, respondents-appellants.

G.R. No. L-5612 | 1953-10-31

D E C I S I O N


MONTEMAYOR, J.:

This is an appeal by respondents Alfredo Jacinto, Commissioner of Customs and Melecio Fabros, Collector of Customs for the Port of Manila (hereafter to be referred to as Commissioner and Collector, respectively), from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila, granting a petition for a writ of certiorari, prohibition and mandamus against them. The appeal involves only questions of law. The facts of the case are contained in a portion of the decision appealed from, which we quote:

"On January 2, 1951, the Collector of Customs for the Port of Manila ordered the seizure of two shipments of textile...