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Phil. Coop. Livestock Asso. vs. Earnshaw, et al.

THE PHILIPPINE COOPERATIVE LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION, petitioner-appellee, vs. TOMAS EARNSHAW, Mayor for the City of Manila, and VICTOR ALFONSO, City Treasurer, respondents-appellants.

G.R. No. 38256 | 1933-12-16

D E C I S I O N

HULL, J:

Above entitled cases were heard jointly by agreement of the parties.

The Insular Government for many years has owned and maintained two slaughterhouses, one in Pandacan and the other at Sisiman. Formerly they were used both as quarantine stations and slaughterhouse of cattle imported into this country. The last permit to import cattle for the purpose of slaughter expired in May, 1930. No future permit was contemplated as it was thought that the local cattle industry has prospered to such an extent as to be able to supply local demand.

On April 1, 1930, the Director of Animal Industry, with the approval of the...