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Higino Enage Vs. Francisco Martinez 052 Phil 896

HIGINO ENAGE, plaintiff, vs. FRANCISCO MARTINEZ, defendant.

G.R. No. 30896 | 1929-03-05

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J.:

This is an action of quo warranto with preliminary injunction commenced by Higino Enage, provincial assessor of Leyte, against Francisco Martinez, provincial treasurer of Leyte, to test the legal right of the provincial board of Leyte and the Chief of the Executive Bureau to provide for the fusion of the office of provincial assessor of Leyte with the office of provincial treasurer of that province. To the complaint, the defendant has interposed a demurrer.
Higino Enage was appointed provincial assessor of Leyte on December 13,1917, by the Chief of the Executive Bureau. Mr. Enage has filled the position to...