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Marciano Inocente, Et Al. Vs. Mamerto S. Ribo, Et Al. 094 Phil 652 Table

MARCIANO INOCENTE, ET AL., petitioners-appellants, vs. MAMERTO S. RIBO, ET AL., respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-4989 | 1954-03-30

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

This is a quo warranto case. The petitioners claim that they are entitled to hold the office of provincial guards at the provincial jail in the municipality of Baybay, Province of Leyte, to which they were duly appointed; that except Mamerto S. Ribo and Melecio Palma, provincial governor and treasurer, respectively the respondents, who replaced them in their positions, are not entitled thereto, because their appointments are unauthorized, and for that reason they pray that they and not the respondents be declared entitled to the office of provincial guards with station at Baybay, Leyte.

At the hearing the...