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Isidro De Leon Vs. Honorable Domingo Imperial, Et Al. 094 Phil 680

ISIDRO DE LEON, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE DOMINGO IMPERIAL, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-5758 | 1954-03-30

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

Petitioner was one of the candidates for councilor of the municipality of Makati, Province of Rizal, in the elections held on November 13, 1951. There were eight councilors to be elected and as a result of the canvass made by the board of canvassers on November 18, 1951, petitioner occupied the eighth place and was proclaimed elected, having obtained 3,160 votes. On April 12, 1952, or four months and twenty-four days after petitioner's proclamation, Fortunato Gutierrez, hereafter designated as respondent, filed a petition in the Commission on Elections alleging that due to a mistake in addition the...