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Alcantara vs. Secretary of the Interior

JUAN L. ALCANTARA, MIGUEL VALDES, ADOLFO ALMEDA and DIONISIO PANGILINAN, petitioners, vs. THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, and the CHAIRMAN and MEMBERS, BALALA ELECTORAL BOARD OF INSPECTORS, CULION, PALAWAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 43592 | 1935-05-17

D E C I S I O N


GODDARD, J:

This is an original action instituted in this court by the petitioners for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents "to register and inscribe the petitioners as qualified electors at the electoral precinct at Balala, Culion, Palawan, in order that they can vote in the plebiscite to be held on May 14, 1935, on the vital question of the acceptance or rejection of the Constitution for the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands."

As the answer of the respondents was not received until May 10, 1935, the following telegram was sent to the attorney of the petitioners and to the respondents on May 11, 1935:

"In...