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Andres Punzalan vs. Sisenando Ferriols 019 Phil 214

ANDRES PUNZALAN, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SISENANDO FERRIOLS, municipal president of Batangas, and the PROVINCIAL BOARD OF BATANGAS, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-6016 | 1911-03-25

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

Judgment was rendered in the court below against the Province of Batangas for P120, the alleged value of a horse, the property of the plaintiff, which, as appears from the findings of the trial court, was shot in pursuance of the provisions of section 12 (a) of a provincial ordinance dated August 31, 1909. This ordinance is as follows:

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"Extra session of the provincial board, held on August 31, 1909.

"601. Whereas it is known that infectious animal diseases, such as glanders or surra, rinderpest, hemorrhagic septicaemia, and contagious foot-and-mouth diseases, exist in some municipalities of...