Pesigan v. Angeles Digest
GR L-64279 Civil law, when Laws take effect Facts: Petitioners Anselmo and Marcelo Pesigan, carabao dealers transported on April 2. 1982, twenty-six (26) carabaos & a calf from Camarines Norte with Batangas as its destination. They were provided with health certificates from the provincial veterinarian and three (3) other permits attesting that the cattle was not part of lose, stolen or questionable animals. Despite this, the said cattle was confiscated by respondents Zenarosa and Miranda, who were respectively the police station commander and provincial veterianarian of Basud, Camarines Norte. The confiscation was on the basis of said EO 626-A which was dated October 25, 1980 but was published in the Official Gazette on June 14, 1982 . Executive Order 626-A provides, "that henceforth, no carabao, regardless of age, sex, physical condition or purpose and no carabeef shall be transported from one province to another. The cara...