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De Mesa vs. Mencias 18 SCRA 533

MAGDALENA SIBULO VDA. DE MESA, Widow of the late Francisco De Mesa, JUAN GILBUENA, DR. PEDRO MOLERA, DEMETRIO PRESNEDI and LUCIO VICTA, as Officers and in representation of the Local Chapter of the Liberal Party in Muntinlupa, Rizal, and DEMETRIO R. LORESCA, petitioners, vs. HON. EULOGIO MENCIAS and/or Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, MAXIMINO A. ARGANA, the CHIEF OF POLICE, and the MUNICIPAL TREASURER, both of Muntinlupa, Rizal, respondents.

G.R. No. L-24583 | 1966-10-29

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
CASTRO, J.: 
 
In this petition for certiorari with preliminary injunction, the petitioners ask this Court to review a three-to-two decision rendered by a special division of the Court of Appeals on March 26, 1965 in C. A. 35019-R, sustaining the validity of the proceedings had and taken by the Court of First Instance of Rizal in election case 7924 before it (Maximino A. Argana, protestant vs. Francisco De Mesa, protestee). The issue of nullity of the judgment promulgated in the said election case was elevated to the Court of Appeals on a petition for certiorari and mandamus, upon the contention...