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Gregorio Remata Vs. Juan Javier 037 Phil 699 037 Phil 571

GREGORIO REMATA, petitioner, vs. JUAN JAVIER, respondent.

G.R. No. L-12354 | 1918-02-23

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J .:

This is an original action brought in this court under authority of sections 197, 201, 202 and 519 of the Code of Civil Procedure by reason of the alleged usurpation of a public office.

The facts upon which the petitioner relies for relief as against the original respondent Juan Javier are set out at length in our judgment on the demurrer to the original petition filed March 17, 1917. 1 Upon that demurrer we held that the original respondent, Juan Javier, was unlawfully in possession of the office of municipal president of the Municipality of Candelaria Tayabas, and that the petitioner Remata was lawfully...