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Juan Diosamito, Et Al. vs. Benjamin Balanque, Et Al.

JUAN DIOSAMITO, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. BENJAMIN BALANQUE, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-30734 | 1969-07-28

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

Appeal from the order of the Court of First Instance of Quezon City dismissing the case for lack of jurisdiction. 

On the morning of November 12, 1962 in Aringay, La Union, a joint team of Philippine Constabulary and local police apprehended two trucks loaded with 666 cases of assorted untaxed "blue seal" cigarettes. On the same date the two trucks were impounded in the PC compound under the custody of the Provincial Commander while the Provincial Fiscal filed an information in the Court of First Instance of La Union against the drivers for violation of the Tariff and Customs Code. On November...