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Evangelista vs. Earnshaw

CRISANTO EVANGELISTA, plaintiff-appellant, vs. TOMAS EARNSHAW, Mayor of the City of Manila, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 36453 | 1932-09-28

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J:

This is an action of mandamus brought against the defendant mayor of the City of Manila. The plaintiff alleges that he is the president of the Communist Party in the Philippine Islands, a political group seeking the speedy granting of independence in these Islands and the redemption of the proletariat, numbering over 300,000 men and women in its ranks; that on the 2d of March, 1931, by means of a letter to the defendant mayor of the city, the plaintiff requested the necessary permission to hold a popular meeting at Plaza Moriones in the city, on the afternoon of March 12, 1931, to be followed by a parade...