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Tolentino vs. Quirino

GONZALO TOLENTINO, petitioner, vs. ELPIDIO QUIRINO, Secretary of the Interior, ARTEMIO RODIS, TITO ALEGRE, and BERNARDO CAPUPOS, respondents.

G.R. No. 45663 | 1937-10-27

D E C I S I O N


DIAZ, J:

This is a petition to reverse and set aside a certain decision rendered by the Secretary of the Interior on April 14, 1937, in an administrative case arising from a complaint filed by the petitioner Gonzalo Tolentino against the respondents Artemio Rodis, Tito Alegre, and Bernardo Capupos, chief of police and policemen, respectively, of the municipality of Alfonso, Province of Cavite, charging them with grave coercion and arbitrary detention, and praying for their dismissal from the service, in accordance with the provisions of section 2272 of the Administrative Code.

The petitioner alleges in his brief that...