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Dominador Delfino Vs. Isidro Paredes, Et Al. 048 Phil 645

DOMINADOR DELFINO, petitioner, vs. Honorable ISIDRO PAREDES, Judge of First Instance of Laguna, and JORGE B. VARGAS, Director of Lands, respondents.

G.R. No. 25157 | 1926-01-27

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J.:

The sole legal question at issue in these certiorari proceedings is whether a Judge of First Instance detailed by the Secretary of Justice to temporary duty for a period not in excess of six months in a district other than his own for the purpose of trying all kinds of cases, excepting criminal and election cases, may, subsequent to the period fixed by the Secretary of Justice, render a valid judgment in a case which was tried within the special term. The petitioner sustains the affirmative and asks us to uphold the decision rendered by Judge Filamor and to set aside the subsequent order of Judge Paredes as...