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In Re: Mario Guari?a 024 Phil 37

In re application of MARIO GUARI?A for admission to the bar.

G.R. No. 1179 | 1913-01-08

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

Relying upon the provisions of section 2 of Act No. 1597, the applicant in this case seeks admission to the bar, without taking the prescribed examination, on the ground that he holds the office of provincial fiscal for the Province of Batanes.

Section 2 of Act No. 1597, enacted February 28, 1907, is as follows:

"SEC. 2. Paragraph one of section thirteen of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, entitled 'An Act providing a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands,' is hereby amended to read as follows:

"'1. Those who have been duly licensed under the laws and...