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Estela Isip, et al. Vs. Feliciano D. Gonzales, et al.

ESTELA ISIP, PROCESO BRAGAIS, SALVADOR CASA, PASTOR ABAD, JOSE SURBAN, AUGUSTO ANTONIO, BALDOMERO DAET and ENGRACIO SOMIDO, petitioners, vs. HON. FELICIANO S. GONZALES, in his capacity as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Catanduanes, and FRANCISCO

G.R. No. L-27277 | 1971-05-31

D E C I S I O N


BARREDO, J:

Petition for certiorari seeking to annul the order as well as the subsequent order turning down the motion for the reconsideration thereof issued by the respondent Judge of the Court of First Instance of Catanduanes denying the motion to suspend the proceedings then being conducted in the preliminary investigation of the criminal complaint lodged by private respondent against petitioners in the court a quo under the provisions of the election law.
The background facts are not disputed.

Sometime after the national elections of 1965, or on June 21, 1966, to be precise, a criminal complaint was filed with the...