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Custodio O. Parlade vs Board of Governors of the Integrated Bar of the Phils, et al.

CUSTODIO O. PARLADE, petitioner, vs. THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES and PONCIANO M. MORTERA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-56532 | 1981-09-21

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

In the election of the officers of the Quezon City chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, held in the City Hall on February 28, 1981, the two candidates for president, Custodio Parlade and Ponciano M. Mortera, each obtained 327 votes.

To break the tie, the chapter's election committee resolved to require Parlade and Mortera to draw lots as prescribed in Section 12(k) of the IBP by-laws.

At that juncture, Mortera called the committee's attention to the ballot of Eduardo E. Arroyo, Sr., whose vote for Mortera was not counted because it was prepared by Pedro R. Acierto. Arroyo's ballot was placed in...