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Miguel R. Cornejo Vs. Eligio Naval, Et Al. 054 Phil 809

MIGUEL R. CORNEJO, Municipal President of Pasay, petitioner, vs. ELIGIO NAVAL, Provincial Governor of Rizal, JOSE M. PEREZ and CELESTINO DE DIOS, members of the Provincial Board of Rizal, respondents.

G.R. No. 33648 | 1930-07-30

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J.:

The ultimate question, on the resolution of which of which the correct disposition of these original proceedings depends, hinges on the power of a provincial governor and a provincial board to suspend a municipal president who has been convicted in the Court of First Instance of the crime of falsification of a private document.
Stripped of irrelevant allegations, the pleadings disclose the facts which may be summarized as follows: Miguel R. Cornejo was until recently occupying the position of municipal president of Pasay, Rizal. Eligio Naval, Jose M. Perez, and Celestino de Dios constitute the provincial...