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Demetrio M. Batario, Jr. Vs. Jose J. Parentela, Jr. 118 Phil. 1447

DEMETRIO M. BATARIO, JR., petitioner, vs. JOSE J. PARENTELA, JR., respondent.

G.R. No. L-20485 | 1963-11-29

D E C I S I O N


PAREDES, J.:

On December 13, 1961, then President Carlos P. Garcia extended to petitioner Demetrio M. Batario, Jr., an ad interim appointment, as Justice of the Peace of Sariaya, Quezon Province, presumably released on December 14, 1961. At the time of the appointment, the position of Justice of the Peace of Sariaya, was occupied by Dionisio Q. Vendiola, whose compulsory retirement, because of age, was due on December 26, 1961. The law did not provide for the position of auxiliary Justice of the Peace of Sariaya. Petitioner took his oath of office on December 26, 1961, and entered into the performance of his duties the...