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Catalino Ortiz Airoso Vs. Lorenzo De Guzman 049 Phil 371

CATALINO ORTIZ AIROSO, petitioner, vs. LORENZO DE GUZMAN, respondent.

G.R. No. 26144 | 1926-09-07

D E C I S I O N


VILLAMOR, J.:

The present action, originally instituted in this court, is for the purpose of obtaining a declaration of the nullity and illegality of the occupation of the office of justice of the peace of Bongabon, Nueva Ecija, by the respondent, and that the petitioner be declared to be entitled to continue, occupy, and discharge the office of justice of the peace of the said municipality from which he was illegally ousted.

The petitioner alleges that, having been appointed justice of the peace of Bongabon, Nueva Ecija, on May 12, 1914, under Act No. 2041 he has occupied and discharged said office up to May 3, 1923,...