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Rolando Canet vs Mayor Julieta Decena

ROLANDO N. CANET, petitioner, vs. MAYOR JULIETA A. DECENA, respondent.

G.R. No. 155344 | 2004-01-20

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

On July 27, 1998, the Sangguniang Bayan of Bula, Camarines Sur, passed Resolution No. 049, Series of 1998,[1] authorizing petitioner Rolando N. Canet to establish, operate and maintain a cockpit in Sitio, Cabaya, San Roque, Bula, Camarines Sur.

Subsequently, the Sangguniang Bayan passed Ordinance No. 001, Series of 1999, entitled "An Ordinance Regulating the Operation of Cockpits and Other Related Game-Fowl Activities in the Municipality of Bula, Camarines Sur and Providing Penalties for any Violation to (sic) the Provisions Thereof."[2] Upon transmittal to respondent Mayor Julieta A. Decena of the...