Digest Velasco vs. Villegas
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Velasco vs. Villegas G.R. No. 24153 Feb. 14, 1983 #Police Power #Characerisics #!es "or vali e$ercise o" %olice %ower #&aw"'l s'b(ec F)C!*+ Res%o e s-a%%ella s Villegas e al,hro'gh he Ci o" /a ila, %ro0'lgae r i a ce No. 49 4 %rohibii g "or a o%eraor o" a barber sho% o co 'c he b'si ess o" 0assagi g c'so0ers or a %erso s i a a (ace roo0 or roo0s o" sai barber sho%, or i a roo0 or roo0s wihi he b'il i g where he barber sho% is locae as lo g as he o%eraor o" he barber sho% a he roo0 where he 0assagi g is co 'ce is he sa0e %erso . Peiio ers Velasco e al, a 0e0ber o" he *a. Cr' arber *ho% )ssociaio , i ow behal" a re%rese i g he oher ow ers o" barber sho% i he Ci o" /a ila le i he lower co'r a s'i "or eclaraor relie" challe gi g he co si'io ali o" he or i a ce which he co e e ha i e%rives he %ro%er o" he %eiio ers o" heir 0ea s o" livelihoo wiho' 'e %rocess. !he lower co'r is0isse he %eiio h's %ro0%e he %eiio ers o le a i sa %eiio be"ore he *'%re0e Co'r. 6**7 + heher or o Ci o" /a ila r i a ce No. 49 4 is ' co si'io al. :el + !he *'%re0e Co'r eclare ha he or i a ce is o ' co si'io al. !he *'%re0e Co'r hel ha he %ower vese i he Ci o" /a ila i e$ercise o" %olice %ower as e0bo ie o *ec. 1 o" R.). ;1 < or he &o Gover 0e Co e o" 1991 wherei he ge eral wel"are cla'se assails he sa'or gra o" %olice %ower o local gover 0e ' is a h's he Ci o" /a ila %asse s'ch or i a a ce "or he %roecio o" %'blic 0orals. !he res%o e s-a%%ella s are correc i heir arg'0e ha he ob(ecive o" he or i a ce is o i0%ose %a 0e o" he lice ce "ee "or e gagi g i b'si ess o" 0assage cli ics a o o reg'lae he b'si ess o" barber sho%s or o "oresall he %ossible i00orali as a co se='e ce i he co sr'cio o" se%arae roo0s he 0assage o" c'so0ers. !he *'%re0e Co'r a>r0e he ecisio o" he lower co'r.
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Digest Velasco vs. Villegas
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Velasco vs. VillegasG.R. No. 24153 Feb. 14, 1983
#Police Power#Characteristics#Test for valid exercise of police power#Lawful subject
FACTS:
Respondents-appellants Villegas et al,through the City of Manila, promulgated Ordinance No. 4964 prohibiting for any operator of any barber shop to conduct the business of massaging customers or any persons in any adjacent room or rooms of said barber shop, or in any room or rooms within the building where the barber shop is located as long as the operator of the barber shop and the room where the massaging is conducted is the same person.
Petitioners Velasco et al, a member of the Sta. Cruz Barber Shop Association, in own behalf and representing the other owners of barber shop in the City of Manila filed in the lower court a suit for declaratory relief challenging the constitutionality of the ordinance which they contented that it deprives the property of the petitioners of their means of livelihood without due process.The lower court dismissed the petition thus prompted the petitioners to file an instant petition before the Supreme Court.
ISSUE:
Whether or not City of Manila Ordinance No. 4964 is unconstitutional.
Held:
The Supreme Court declared that the ordinance is not unconstitutional.The Supreme Court held that the power vested in the City of Manila is an exercise of police power as embodied on Sec. 16 of R.A. 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991 wherein the general welfare clause assails the statutory grant of police power to local government units and thus the City of Manila passed such ordinanance for the protection of public morals.
The respondents-appellants are correct in their argument that the objective of the ordinance is to impose payment of the licence fee for engaging in the business of massage clinics and not to regulate the business of barber shops or to forestall the possible immorality as a consequence in the construction of separate rooms the massage of customers.
The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the lower court.
