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Lo Cham vs. Ocampo, et al.

LO CHAM, petitioner, vs. BUENAVENTURA OCAMPO, Judge of First Instance of Manila, and FELIPE NATIVIDAD, City Fiscal of City of Manila, respondents.

G.R. No. L-831 | 1946-11-21

D E C I S I O N

TUASON, J:

The sole question presented in the three above entitled cases has to do with the authority of Gregorio T. Lantin to sign information as assistant city fiscal of Manila. Two judges have rendered two divergent views on the matter. Judge Fernando Jugo, in cases Nos. L-831 and L-876, upheld the affirmative theory while Judge Rafael Dinglasan, in case No. L-878, sustained the defendant\\\'s contention in an elaborate rulling.

It appears that Gregorio T. Lantin, a doctor of medicine and lawyer, Acting Chief, Medico-Legal Section, Division of Investigation, Department of Justice, was given an assignment by Acting...