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Ernesto Campos, Et Al. vs. Esteban Degamo, Et Al.116 Phil. 541

ERNESTO CAMPOS and FLORENCIO OROC, petitioners-appellants, vs. ESTEBAN DEGAMO and FELINO PALARCA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-18315 | 1962-09-29

D E C I S I O N 


PAREDES, J.: 

 The complaint, styled "Quo Warranto", filed on September 27, 1960, alleges that in the election of November, 1959, petitioners Ernesto Campos and Florencio Oroc were elected and proclaimed councilor No. 1 and councilor No. 2, respectively, of the municipality of Carmen, Agusan; that on December 7, 1959, respondents Esteban Degamo and Felino Palarca were proclaimed Mayor and Vice Mayor, respectively, of the said municipality, notwithstanding the protest and request that the proclamation be suspended on the ground that the Board of Canvassers used in their canvass for election in Precinct No....