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Felix Lomugdang vs. Paterno Javier

FELIX LOMUGDANG (deceased), protestant, vs. PATERNO JAVIER, protestee-appellant, PABLO PE ALOLOD, intervenor-appellee.

G.R. No. L-27535 | 1967-09-30

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

Paterno Javier appeals on points of law from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Antique, in election contest Case No. 3-63 of said Court, declaring the deceased Felix Lomugdang as having received a plurality of votes for the office of Municipal Mayor of Culasi, Antique, as against contestee, Paterno Javier, and declaring the Vice-Mayor elect, Pablo Pe Alolod, entitled to assume the office in view of the death of the protestant. 

The facts of the case are the following: 

On May 17, 1966, the Municipal Board of Canvassers of Culasi, Antique, certified that in the general...