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Javier vs. Earnshaw

FRANCISCO JAVIER and ROMAN OZAETA, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. TOMAS EARNSHAW, Mayor of the City of Manila, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 43634 | 1937-08-24

D E C I S I O N


IMPERIAL, J:

The plaintiffs commenced this action in the Court of First Instance of Manila to restrain the defendant from cancelling the permit or license issued by him for the installation and operation of a gasoline pump and underground tank at the corner of Kansas Avenue and Tennessee Street. They appealed from the judgment dismissing their complaint, without costs.

The plaintiffs, being the owners of a parcel of land situated at the corner of Kansas Avenue and Tennessee Street, Manila, entered into a contract with the Asiatic Petroleum Co. (P. I.), Ltd., whereby the latter would provide them with a pump, underground...