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Benedicto Lambonao vs. Alfredo O. Tero 122 Phil. 1097

BENEDICTO LAMBONAO, petitioner-appellant, vs. ALFREDO O. TERO and DANIEL B. VESTAL, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-23240 | 1965-12-31

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J. P., J.: 

These are appeals in three petitions for quo warranto jointly heard in the Court of First Instance of Southern Leyte. Said court, on respondents' motions, dismissed the petitions for lack of cause of action. A single decision is herein rendered, the cases having been likewise jointly argued before us. 

The first petition, herein docketed on appeal as L-23240, was filed on November 25, 1963 by Benedicto Lambonao against Alfredo A. Tero and Daniel B. Vestal. It alleged that petitioner was a candidate for municipal councilor of Anahawan, Southern Leyte in the elections of November 12, 1963;...