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20 Phil. L.J. [i] (1940-1941)

handle is hein.journals/philplj20 and id is 1 raw text is: PHILIPPINE LAW JOURNAL -July, 1940 - \)?ay not the salus populi b, jeopardized when the rights of a humble citizen are trampled upon by the arbitrary use of political powcer? WXhen that happens the courts are the last bulwark of defense. And it is the glory of our judicature that here the poorest and hum- blest subject-be he citizen or alien-may ask for justice. not cringingly as a beggar soliciting alms but boldly as a creditor claiming what is due him.-JUSTICE GEORGE BUTTE, TAN CHAT VS. MUNICIPALITY OF ILOILO, 60 Phil. 493. Vol. XX No.I