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Ynchausti & Co. Vs. John S. Stanley 036 Phil 178

YNCHAUSTI & CO., petitioner, vs. JOHN S. STANLEY, Collector of Customs of the Philippine Islands, respondent.

G.R. No. 12330 | 1917-01-25

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

This is an action begun under section 226 of the Code of Civil Procedure requiring, on proper representation, the interference of the court when any person, whether exercising functions judicial or ministerial, was without or in excess of the jurisdiction of such person to intervene and prohibit further action by such person.

The allegations of the complaint are to the effect that the Insular Collector of Customs has ordered that the coastwise vessels of the plaintiff company shall carry, as one of the officers on each vessel, a third mate, whereas the law of the Philippine Islands requires as officers of...