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Pamil vs. Teleron [DISSENTING OPINION, MUNOZ PALMA, J.]

FORTUNATO R. PAMIL, petitioner-appellant, vs. HONORABLE VICTORINO C. TELERON, as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Bohol, Branch III, and REV. FR. MARGARITO R. GONZAGA, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-34854 | 1978-11-20

DISSENTING OPINION
 
MUÑOZ PALMA, J.:
 
I concur fully with the separate Opinion of Justice Claudio Teehankee on all the points discussed therein.
 
As regards the final outcome of this case, with Justices Fernando, Concepcion Jr., Santos, Fernandez, and Guerrero who share our views on the legal issue raised in the Petition, now voting with the Chief Justice and the four other Justices to grant the petition  because "the vote is indecisive" for "while 5 members of the Court constitute a minority, the vote of the remaining seven does not suffice to render the challenged provision ineffective,"...