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Julia D. Cariaga vs. Maria Justo-Guerrero, Et Al.

JULIA D. CARIAGA, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE MARIA JUSTO-GUERRERO and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-24494 | 1968-06-22

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

Petition to prohibit the respondent municipal judge of Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte from hearing its Criminal Case. No. 600, for grave slander, filed by some thirty teachers of the Pasuquin National Agricultural School against the herein petitioner, Julia D. Cariaga. 

The petition alleges, inter alia, that on 27 April 1964, the aforesaid numerous teachers filed a criminal complaint in the municipal court of Pasuguin, Ilocos Norte. The complaint reads as follows: 

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"C O M P L A I N T 

"The undersigned teachers of the Pasuquin National Agricultural School, Pasuquin,...