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Chiong et al vs. Mayor of Manila

CO CHIONG ET AL., petitioners, vs. THE MAYOR OF MANILA, THE CITY TREASURER OF MANILA, THE MEMBERS OF THE MARKET COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF MANILA, THE MARKET MASTERS OF DIVISORIA, ARANQUE, QUINTA, OBRERO, BAMBANG, SAMPALOC, PACO and other MARKETS OF MANILA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-1891 | 1949-03-31

D E C I S I O N

PERFECTO, J p:

Petitioners allege that they are lessees of public market stalls in the City of Manila by virtue of contracts of lease expressly understood to be of continuous duration until the City Mayor, for any reasonable or just cause or any violation of the provisions of the market code or any ordinance, or any rules relating to the administration of public markets, revokes the same; that on October 1, 1946, Republic Act No. 37 was promulgated and, to carry into effect its purposes, the Secretary of Finance issued Department Order No. 32 on November 29, 1946; that petitioners filed with the Court of First Instance of...