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Cecilio vs. Tomacruz [DECISION]

AURELIO CECILIO, petitioner-appellee, vs. JACINTO TOMACRUZ, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. 43719 | 1935-12-21

D E C I S I O N
 
IMPERIAL, J.:
 
This is an appeal taken by the respondent from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija, declaring that the petitioner obtained a plurality of 133 votes over him, and that, consequently, the said petitioner was elected legally to the office of governor of the said province.

In the general elections of June 5, 1934, in the Province of Nueva Ecija, the rival candidates for the office of provincial governor were the petitioner Aurelio Cecilio, the respondent Jacinto Tomacruz, Armesto Ramoso and Felino Cajucom. On June 27 of the same year, the provincial board, acting as a board of...