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Zandueta vs. de la Costa

FRANCISCO ZANDUETA, petitioner, vs. SIXTO DE LA COSTA, respondent.

G.R. No. 46267 | 1938-11-28

D E C I S I O N


VILLA-REAL, J:

This is a quo warranto proceeding instituted by the Honorable Francisco Zandueta against the Honorable Sixto de la Costa to obtain from this court a judgment declaring the respondent to be illegally occupying the office of Judge of the Fifth Branch of the Court of First Instance of Manila, Fourth Judicial District, ousting him from said office, and holding that the petitioner is entitled to continue occupying the office in question by placing him in possession thereof, with costs to said respondent.

Prior to the promulgation of Commonwealth Act No. 145, the petitioner, the Honorable Francisco Zandueta was...