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Alberto De Joya vs. Juan T. David, Et Al.

ALBERTO DE JOYA, as Acting Commissioner of Customs (vice Jose B. Lingad) and PEDRO PACIS, as Acting Collector of Customs, petitioners, vs. JUAN T. DAVID and the HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-23504 | 1967-12-29

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, C.J.: 

Original action for certiorari and prohibition, with preliminary injunction, to dissolve a similar writ issued by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 34220-R, entitled "Juan T. David vs. Jose B. Lingad, et al.," and to restrain the said Court from hearing said case, as well as from enforcing the writ of preliminary injunction therein issued. 

On May 28, 1962, a shipment of thirty-six (36) crates, the contents of which were described in the corresponding bills of lading as "stone grinders," arrived at Manila aboard the "SS MENTOR." Soon thereafter, that same day, with out the customs permit...