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Timoteo Cachola Vs. Andres Cordero, Et Al. 092 Phil 744

TIMOTEO CACHOLA, petitioner, vs. ANDRES CORDERO, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-5780 | 1953-02-28

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, C.J.:

This is a petition originally instituted in this Court for the purpose of compelling the respondent Judge of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur to dismiss the election protest (Civil Case No. 1024) filed by the respondent, Andres Cordero, against the petitioner, Timoteo Cachola, on the ground that the respondent Judge had failed to decide said case within six months after its presentation on November 28, 1951, the motion to dismiss having been filed by the petitioner on June 2, 1952.

The protest involves the position of municipal mayor. Section 177 of the Revised Election Code provides that "the...