Back

Tiu, et al vs. Vivo

JOSE TIU, ONG WAN KING @ WONG YUEN KING, ET AL., petitioners-appellees, vs. MARTINIANO VIVO, in his capacity as Acting Commissioner of Immigration, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-21425 | 1972-09-15

R E S O L U T I O N


ANTONIO, J:

Appeal on purely questions of law, from the decision in Civil Case No. 51488, of the Court of First Instance of Manila (Branch XIX) granting the petition for prohibition and enjoining respondent Commissioner of Immigration from arresting, detaining and deporting petitioners Ong Wan King and her two foreign-born minor children.

Petitioner Ong Wan King, wife of Jose Tiu, and her two minor children Tiu Chi Kiong and Tiu Chi Eng, arrived in the Philippines on October 29, 1960 and were admitted as temporary visitors for a period of stay of three (3) months. As a result of the favorable decree in...