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Nueno vs. Angeles [DECISION]

JOSE TOPACIO NUENO, MANUEL DE LA FUENTE, EUSTAQUIO C. BALAGTAS, and DELIA C. DI?O, petitioners, vs. GERARDO ANGELES, AGATON EVANGELISTA, ANDRES SANTA MARIA, VICENTE G. CRUZ, AMADO V. HERNANDEZ and FELICIDAD MANUEL, respondents.

G.R. No. L-89 | 1946-02-01

DECISION
 
FERIA, J.:
 
This is an action of quo warranto instituted by the four petitioners against the six respondents to oust the latter from their offices as members of the Municipal Board of the City of Manila on the ground that the petitioners are entitled to occupy and respondents are illegally holding them.
 
Jose Topacio Nueno, Manuel de la Fuente, Eustaquio Balagtas and Carmen Planas and six others were elected in the general election held on Dec. 10, 1940, and qualified on Jan. 1, 1941. Subsequently, Jose Topacio Nueno and Carmen Planas resigned to run for seats in the House of Representatives in the national election...