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Argos vs. Veloso

FRANCISCO ARGOS, petitioner, vs. DOMINADOR VELOSO, THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE and THE JUDGE OF COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CEBU, respondents.

G.R. No. L-2351 | 1949-05-31

D E C I S I O N

PARAS, J p:

The petitioner was the pre-war justice of the peace of the municipality of Opon, Province of Cebu. After the liberation, or on April 10, 1945, he resumed his position under a verbal temporary appointment made by the commanding officer of PCAU 15. The petitioner was thereafter replaced, first, by Gregorio S. Gochoco on June 18, 1945; secondly, by Bonifacio Yuson on September 1, 1946; and lastly, by the respondent Dominador Veloso on October 15, 1946. In the present action for quo warranto, instituted originally in this Court only on July 12, 1948, the petitioner seeks to obtain his reinstatement to his former...