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SouthEast Asia Manufacturing Corporation vs. Municipal Council Tagbilaran, et al

SOUTHEAST ASIA MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL TAGBILARAN, BOHOL; VENANCIO P. INTING, Mayor of the Municipality of Tagbilaran, Bohol, and ARTURO FORTICH, Municipal Treasurer of Tagbilaran, Bohol, respondents.

G.R. No. L-23858 | 1979-11-21

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

On pure questions of law, this appeal by respondents is before us, seeking a reversal of the judgment rendered on December 14, 1963 by the Court of First Instance of Bohol in Civil Case No. 1548 for Declaratory Relief, which, sustaining the view of petitioner corporation, declared null and void and illegal sub-sections (c) and (d), Section 21, Article 49 of Municipal Ordinance No. 29, Series of 1962, enacted by the Municipal Council of Tagbilaran, Bohol.

The pertinent portions of that Ordinance, as amended, are reproduced hereunder:

ORDINANCE NO. 29

Series 1962
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAGBILARAN...