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Tuzon vs. CA

DOMINGO A. TUZON and LOPE C. MAPAGU, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and SATURNINO T. JURADO, respondents.

G.R. No. 90107 | 1992-08-21

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

CRUZ, J.:

The petitioners are questioning the decision of the respondent court holding them liable in damages to the private respondent for refusing to issue to him a mayor's permit and license to operate his palay-threshing business.

The case goes back to March 14, 1977, when the Sangguniang Bayan of Camalaniugan, Cagayan, unanimously adopted Resolution No. 9, reading pertinently as follows:

"WHEREAS, the municipality of Camalaniugan, Cagayan has embarked in the construction of Sports and Nutrition Center, to provide the proper center wherein the...