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Bayani Subido Vs. Arsenio H. Lacson 103 Phil 417

BAYANI SUBIDO, ETC., ET AL., petitioners-appellants, vs. HON. ARSENIO H. LACSON, ETC., ET AL., respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-9957 | 1958-04-20

D E C I S I O N


LABRADOR, J.:

Action for mandamus instituted on March 22, 1954, against the City Auditor and the City Treasurer of Manila to pass in audit and pay the claims of petitioners for refund of meat inspection fees collected under Ordinance No. 2991 (approved November 23, 1946), from the year 1946 to 1951, amounting to around P179,461.33. The Mayor of the City of Manila is joined as defendant because he has ordered the City Auditor and the City Treasurer to suspend action on the said claims, and it is sought to prohibit him from enforcing said order.

The case was submitted for decision upon an agreed statement of facts and...