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PEOPLE vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al. 099 Phil 786

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and SILVESTRE DOMALAON, respondents-appellees.

G.R. Nos. L-9111-9113 | 1956-08-28

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

Petitioner asks for review of the Court of Appeals' resolution annulling the decisions signed by Judge Anatolio C. Mañalac in three criminal cases of the Sorsogon court of first instance. Ground for the annulment was its finding that said decisions had been promulgated on July 3, 1954 when Judge Mañalac no longer presided said district, the Hon. Genaro Tan Torres having qualified as judge thereof on the first day of the same month.

The facts are the following: "It appears that on February 5 and 7, 1954, the provincial fiscal of Sorsogon filed in each of the above-entitled cases an information...