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Tumulak vs. Egay

JOSE M. TUMULAK, petitioner, vs. PROTOLICO EGAY, respondent.

G.R. No. L-2451 | 1949-02-24

D E C I S I O N

BENGZON, J p:

Through this quo warranto proceeding filed in August, 1948, the petitioner seeks to wrest from respondent the position of justice of the peace of the municipalities of Gigaquit and Bacuag, Province of Surigao. He alleges that in December, 1932, he became the duly appointed judge of said towns and acted accordingly until August, 1942, when the Japanese seized the province; that after the liberation, and in January, 1946, he received from President Sergio Osmeña an appointment ad interim for the same position; that in May, 1946, he duly qualified and assumed the office; that thereafter he went to Cebu...