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Arnault vs. Balagtas 97 Phil 358

JEAN L. ARNAULT, petitioner-appellee, vs. EUSTAQUIO BALAGTAS, as Director of Prisons, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-6749 | 1955-07-30

D E C I S I O N

LABRADOR, J.:

This an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Pasay City Branch, Honorable Jose F. Flores presiding, in habeas corpus proceeding, declaring that the continued detention and confinement of Jean L. Arnault in the new Bilibid Prison, in pursuance of Senate Resolution No. 114, dated November 8, 1952, is illegal, for the reason that the Senate of the Philippines committed a clear abuse of discretion in considering his answer naming one Jess D. Santos as the person to whom delivery of the sum of P440,000 was made in the sale of the Buenavista and Tambobong Estate, as a refusal to answer the...