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Alfredo Abcede Vs. Domingo Imperial 103 Phil 136

ALFREDO ABCEDE, petitioner, vs. HON. DOMINGO IMPERIAL, GAUDENCIO GARCIA, and SIXTO BRILLANTES, Commissioners of Elections, respondents.

G.R. No. L-13001 | 1958-03-18

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, J.:

Prior to September 7, 1957, petitioner Alfredo Abcede filed, with the Commission on Elections, his certificate of candidacy for the Office of the President of the Philippines, in connection with the elections to be held on November 12 of the same year. On or about said date, Abcede and other candidates were summoned by the Commission on Elections to appear before the same on September 23, 1957, "to show cause why their certificates of candidacy should be considered as filed in good faith and to be given due course," with the admonition that their failure to so appear would be sufficient ground for the...