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Oliveros vs. Villaluz [DECISION]

JOSE R. OLIVEROS, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE JUDGE ONOFRE A. VILLALUZ and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-34636 | 1974-05-30

D E C I S I O N
 
TEEHANKEE, J.:
 
In setting aside respondent court's order of January 26, 1972 convicting petitioner of contempt of court and sentencing him to four months imprisonment and to pay a fine of P300.00 for having assumed office as mayor of Antipolo, Rizal since January 1, 1972 for the new term (1972-1975) to which he had been reelected on the ground that this was willful disobedience of respondent court's order of September 25, 1971 which suspended him from the same office of mayor of Antipolo, Rizal during his previous term (1968-1971), the Court holds that the challenged order of January 26, 1972...