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Tagbilaran, et al. vs. Lim

THE CITY OF TAGBILARAN AND ITS CITY BOARD, oppositors-petitioners, vs. SEVERIANO G. LIM, applicant-respondent.

G.R. No. L-30323 | 1973-08-31

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:
The City of Tagbilaran, oppositor before the Public Service Commission and now petitioner, would have us reverse its decision authorizing applicant, and now respondent, Severiano G. Lim, to operate fifty units of motorized tricycles within the city boundaries. This petition for review is primarily based on its contention that the competence to grant such privilege belongs to it and not the Public Service Commission. Such an argument was raised and considered in the proceedings before the Commission. It was rejected as there was no showing that the charter of the City of Tagbilaran 1 did empower it. Undeterred,...