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EN BANC

G.R. No. L-2536   October 23, 1905

SILVINA LEGASPI,Petitioner, vs. JOHN C. SWEENEY, judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila,Respondent.

T.L. McGirr for petitioner.
Attorney-General Wilfley for respondent.

CARSON, J.:

Defendant demurs to the complaint filed in this case on the ground that it does not set out facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.chanroblesvirtualawlibrary chanrobles virtual law library

The complaint is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendant, the Hon. John C. Sweeney, judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila, to allow an appeal from a judgment and sentence of said court in a criminal case which was heard therein, on appeal from the municipal court of the city of Manila.chanroblesvirtualawlibrary chanrobles virtual law library

This court has held in the case of the United States vs. Bian Jeng ¹ (1 Off. Gaz., 433) that the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila in a criminal case appealed to that court from the municipal court of the city of Manila is final unless the validity or constitutionality of a statute or ordinance is drawn in question.chanroblesvirtualawlibrary chanrobles virtual law library

The application does not allege that the validity or constitutionality of any statute or ordinance is drawn in question in this case, and we are therefore of opinion that the demurrer should be sustained.chanroblesvirtualawlibrary chanrobles virtual law library

The plaintiff is allowed ten days from the date of his order in which to serve and file an amended complaint previously notifying the other party, and if no amended complaint is filed within that time, the clerk, without further order, will enter a final judgment in accordance herewith. So ordered.chanroblesvirtualawlibrary chanrobles virtual law library

Arellano, C.J., Torres, Mapa, Johnson, and Willard, JJ., concur.

Endnotes:

¹ 2 Phil. Rep., 179.