Case Digest No.

: 8
Case Title: Laurel vs Misa
Citation: G.R. No. L-409 January 30, 1942

ISSUES:
Issue #1: ConstiLaw1; Sovereingty
“Whether there was a change in the sovereignty over the islands upon
proclamation of the Philippine Republic.”

Held:
No. Because as the sovereignty  remains vested to legitimate
government and not transferred to the occupier, it cannot be suspended
without putting it out of existence or divesting said government.