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Mariano B. Delgado Vs. Angel B. Tiu, Et Al. 105 Phil 835

MARIANO B. DELGADO, petitioner, vs. ANGEL B. TIU, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-14143 | 1959-05-27

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

In the general elections held on November 8, 1955, Mariano B. Delgado, Angel B. Tiu and Alfredo Laure were candidates for the office of Mayor of Barugo, Leyte. The municipal board of canvassers certified that Delgado obtained 1,429 votes, Tiu 1,428 votes and Laure 1,400 votes, and accordingly, it proclaimed Delgado as mayor-elect with a plurality of 1 vote over Tiu and 29 votes over Laure.

Dissatisfied with this result, Tiu filed a protest before the Court of First Instance of Leyte against Delgado and Laure alleging the commission of fraud and irregularities in Precincts Nos. 2, 1-a, 1, 8, 25 and...