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De Guzman vs. Provincial Board

TOMAS DE GUZMAN, PETITIONER, VS. PROVINCIAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF LA UNION AND JUAN T. LUCERO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 24721 | 1925-11-03

DECISION
 
VILLAMOR, J.:
 
This proceedings is for the purpose of having this court issue a mandamus addressed to the provincial board of canvassers of the Province of La Union, ordering it to meet and reject and annul all the votes adjudicated to the respondent Juan T. Lucero, and after correcting the election return, to proclaim and certify the petitioner elected for the office of provincial governor of La Union in accordance with law.
 
As ground of the petition, it is alleged that the respondent provincial board of canvassers met on June 22, 1925, for the purpose of counting the votes cast in the election for...