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Filomeno Anciano vs. Moises G. Otadoy, Et Al.

FILOMENO ANCIANO, petitioner-appellant, vs. MOISES G. OTADOY, as Mayor, TEOFILO OTADOY, as Vice-Mayor, all six members of the MUNICIPAL COUNCIL and/or individually or collectively, TADEO ENCABO, as Treasurer, all of the Municipality of Poro, Cebu, in their official as well as private capacities, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-21267 | 1969-02-28

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

This is an appeal from the decision of February 6, 1963 of the Court of First Instance of Cebu in Civil Case R-7613, which was an action for mandamus with damages. 

The antecedent facts are not disputed. 

From August 6, 1917 until his retirement on December 19, 1958, the appellant Filomeno Anciano had been continuously in the government service: temporary clerk in the office of the municipal treasurer of Catarman, Misamis, from August 6, 1917; acting principal clerk in the office of the municipal treasurer of Bogo, Cebu, from June 16, 1919; acting municipal treasurer and postmaster of Tudela,...