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Villavert vs. Fornier

ALBERTO A. VILLAVERT, petitioner-appellant, vs. TOBIAS FORNIER, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-3050 | 1949-10-17

D E C I S I O N

OZAETA, J p:

This is an election contest involving the office of provincial governor of Antique, the contending parties being the registered candidates for said office in the election held on November 11, 1947. The provincial board of canvassers declared Alberto A. Villavert elected with a majority of 60 votes. Tobias Fornier protested, and the trial court found that he had obtained a majority of 36 votes over Villavert and consequently declared him elected. Villavert appealed to the Court of Appeals and the latter also found that Tobias Fornier had won the election with a majority of 28 votes.

We gave due course to...