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Mejia vs. Balolong [DECISION]

FLAVIANO MEJIA, TEOFILO P. GUADIZ, RUPERTO Z. TANDOC and POLICRONIO DE VENECIA, petitioners, vs. PEDRO U. BALOLONG, RICARDO VILLAMIL, TORIBIO QUIMOSING and CRISOLOGO ZARATE, respondents.

G.R. No. L-1925 | 1948-09-16

D E C I S I O N
 
FERIA, J.:
 
This is an action of quo warranto instituted by the petitioners, Flaviano Mejia, Teofilo P. Guadiz, Ruperto Z. Tandoc and Policronio de Venecia against the respondents, Pedro U. Balolong, Ricardo Villamil, Toribio Quimosing and Crisologo Zarate on the ground that the appointments of the latter by the President as councilors of the City of Dagupan were null and void, and therefore they are unlawfully holding their offices, and that the former are entitled to said offices because they were elected as such in the general election for provincial, municipal, and city officials on November, 1947.

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