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Jose L. Guevara Vs. Commission On Elections 104 Phil 268

JOSE L. GUEVARA, petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-12596 | 1958-07-31

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

Petitioner was ordered by the Commissioner on Elections to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt for having published in the Sunday Times issue of June 2, 1957 an article entitled "Ballot Boxes Contract Hit", which tended to interfere with and influence the Commission on Elections and its members in the adjudication of a controversy then pending investigation and determination before said body "arising from the third petition for reconsideration of May 20, 1957 and the supplementary petition thereof of June 1, 1957 filed by Acme Steel Mfg. Co., Inc., praying for reconsideration of the...