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Municipality of San Miguel vs. Provincial Board of Leyte, et al

THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN MIGUEL, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF LEYTE and THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALANGALANG, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. 41131 | 1934-08-09

D E C I S I O N


GODDARD, J:

Sometime before the year 1909 the municipalities of San Miguel and Alangalang of the Province of Leyte were consolidated. In 1909 the Governor-General by executive order No. 81 ordered the separation of these two municipalities. That order provided that the municipality of Alangalang should be composed of its actual territory less the territory of the former municipality of San Miguel and that the municipality of San Miguel should be reestablished with its former territory. A dispute arose as to the jurisdiction over four barrios, Cabadsan, Lucay, Garang (now Borseth) and Gibucawan. The municipality of San...