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Asuncion Conui-Omega Vs. Cesar Samson 118 Phil. 1333

ASUNCION CONUI-OMEGA, protestant-appellee, vs. CESAR SAMSON, protestee-appellant.

G.R. No. L-21910 | 1963-11-11

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

Mrs. Asuncion Conui-Omega and Dr. Cesar Samson were both candidates for the position of councilor in the City of Ormoc in the general elections held on November 10, 1959. After the canvass of the votes made by the city board of canvassers on November 23, 1959, the result showed that Samson had garnered enough votes to be proclaimed as the last of the eight councilors composing the city council with a plurality of three votes over his nearest opponent, Mrs. Asuncion Conui-Omega. On the same date, Mrs. Conui-Omega filed with the Court of First Instance of Leyte a petition for recounting in Precincts...