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Purisima vs. Solis

AMANTE PURISIMA, petitioner, vs. HON. DEOGRACIAS S. SOLIS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur and GREGORIO CORDERO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-27172 | 1972-01-31

R E S O L U T I O N


MAKALINTAL, J:

This case is an offshoot of the decision of this Court in L-22335, Amante P. Purisima vs. Hon. Angelino C. Salanga, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur, et al., promulgated December 31, 1965 (15 SCRA 704). The principal protagonists there, Purisima and Gregorio Cordero, were among the candidates for the three positions of Provincial Board Members of the said province in the elections of 1963. On account of discrepancies in the election returns from 41 precincts Purisima filed a petition for judicial recount under Section 163 of the Revised Election Code then in force.

Reversing the...