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Alejandro Sarmiento vs. Serafin Quemado 115 Phil. 434

ALEJANDRO SARMIENTO, protestant-appellee, vs. SERAFIN QUEMADO, protestee-appellant.

G.R. No. L-18027 | 1962-06-29

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

Appeal by Serafin Quemado from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Antique. 

At the general elections held on November 17, 1959, the municipal board of canvassers for the Municipality of Laua-an, Province of Antique, proclaimed Serafin Quemado as the candidate elected for Vice- Mayor of said municipality, with 1,155 votes, or a plurality of one (1) vote, over his closet opponent for said office, Alejandro Sarmiento, for whom 1,154 votes had been cast, according to the canvass made by said board. In due time, Sarmiento filed the corresponding election protest with the Court of First...