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Malasiqui Town Fiesta Liability Case by Zachary Bañez is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document is a Supreme Court of the Philippines case regarding whether a municipality is liable for damages resulting from a death during a town fiesta celebration. The Court discusses that municipalities have both governmental/public powers and corporate/private powers. It analyzes tests from American jurisprudence to determine when a municipal activity is governmental versus proprietary. The Court concludes that celebrating a town fiesta is a corporate/proprietary function, so the municipality can be

Author

Zachary Bañez

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