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Mamerto Portillo Vs. Enrique Salvani 054 Phil 543

MAMERTO PORTILLO, protestant-appellee, vs. ENRIQUE SALVANI, protestee-appellant.

G.R. No. 32181 | 1930-03-10

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J.:

The question of first impression in this jurisdiction here to be decided is whether the provision of the amended Election Law that "All proceedings in an electoral contest shall be terminated with one year" is merely directory and so attended with no consequences, or is mandatory and so is productive of serious results.
Following the general elections in 1928 in the Province of Antique, the provincial board of canvassers of that province governor with 2,934 votes as against 2,925 votes for Mamerto Portillo, his nearest competitor. On July 9, 1928, Portillo filed his protest. The case was submitted for the...