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Guekeko vs. Santos

JOSE GUEKEKO, petitioner, vs. TEOFILO C. SANTOS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-128 | 1946-03-02

D E C I S I O N

FERIA, J:
Petitioner seeks to outs respondent from the office of Mayor of Malabon, Rizal, on the ground that the former, and not the latter, is entitled to hold said office.

Petitioner was elected Mayor of Malabon in the general election held on December 10, 1940, and qualified as such in January of 1941. Respondent filed an election protest against petitioner in the Court of First Instance of Pasig, Rizal, which was decided against respondent , whereupon he appealed to the Court of Appeals. The decision of the Court of Appeals has not been promulgated to date. For the purpose of deciding the petition in this case, we may...