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Laureto A. Talaroc Vs. Alejandro D. Uy 092 Phil 52

LAURETO A. TALAROC, petitioner-appellee, vs. ALEJANDRO D. UY, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-5397 | 1952-09-26

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

The election of Alejandro D. Uy to the office of municipal mayor of Manticao, Misamis Oriental, on November 13, 1951, brought the instant action of quo warranto in the Court of First Instance of that province. The petitioner was Laureto A. Talaroc, one of the defeated candidates for the same office, and the grounds of the petition were that the respondent is a Chinese national and therefore ineligible. The court below found the petition well founded and declared the position in question vacant.

The personal circumstances of the respondent as found by the court are not in dispute. They are as follows:

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