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Quintin C. Sim vs. Pedro D. Ofiana

QUINTIN C. SIM, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE PEDRO D. OFIANA and PEDRO N. SALES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-54362 | 1985-02-28

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

It is undisputed in this certiorari, prohibition and mandamus proceeding that in the election of January 30, 1980 for the office of mayor of Municipality of Manaoag, Pangasinan, petitioner received the greater number of votes and was accordingly proclaimed by the Municipal Board of Canvassers as the duly elected mayor on February 3. 1 On February 25, 1980, or twenty-one days after such proclamation, private respondent Pedro N. Sales, the losing candidate, filed a petition for quo warranto in Civil Case No. D-5071 with the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, Branch IV, then presided by respondent Judge...