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Sixto Talag Vs. C. E. Nathorst 051 Phil 568

SIxTO TALAG, petitioner, vs. C. E. NATHORST, as Chief of Constabulary, respondent.

G.R. No. 28465 | 1928-02-21

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

This is an original petition presented in the Supreme Court for the extraordinary legal writ of mandamus. The petitioner was a duly appointed officer of the Philippine Constabulary, with the rank of first lieutenant and medical inspector, and served as such from May 16, 1919, to September 23, 1927. The respondent is the Chief of Constabulary, with headquarters in the City of Manila, Philippine Islands.
The petitioner claims that he was illegally and unlawfully removed from his said position in the Constabulary without authority of law; that he has no other plain, speedy and adequate remedy in the ordinary...