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Fortunato Liangko Vs. Municipality Of Tabaco 043 Phil 387

FORTUNATO LIANGKO, plaintiff-appellant, vs. THE MUNICIPALITY OF TABACO, ALBAY, THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF TABACO, and THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF ALBAY, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 16692 | 1922-05-24

D E C I S I O N


ROMUALDEZ, J.:

On May 30, 1919, the municipal of Tabaco, of the Province of Albay, approved ordinance No. 1 fixing the marine zone for fishing purposes of that municipality and resolved to grant exclusive fishing privileges in that zone for periods of four years and a half beginning with July 1, 1919, such concessions to be granted at public auction at the price of not less than three thousand pesos (P3,000) payable quarterly and in advance.

This ordinance was approved by the provincial board of that province on June 17, by resolution No. 331; and on the 20th of that same month a public auction was held and the herein...