Cervecería Corona, Inc. v. Lizardi

The question in issue in these petitions for review is the validity of the procedure prescribed in Act No. 5 of September 28, 1961, 9 L.P.R.A. § 38a et seq., for the summary elimination of signs and advertisements installed in violation of the laws and Zoning Regulations.1 The power of the Legislature to prohibit and to regulate these signs, justified not only by reasons of security but also of aesthetics, is not questioned — with sound judgment. Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365 (1926); Ghaster Properties, Inc. v. Preston, 200 N.E.2d 328 (Ohio 1964); Murphy, Inc. v.…