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Miguel Mendiola, Et Al. Vs. Ricardo Tancinco, Et Al.

MIGUEL MENDIOLA, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. RICARDO TANCINCO, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-14107 | 1960-08-31

D E C I S I O N


BARRERA, J.:

This is an appeal taken from the order dated July 2, 1955 of the Court of First Instance of Samar (in Civil Case No. 4441), dismissing plaintiffs-appellants' complaint docketed on March 23, 1955 for quo warranto with mandamus, on the stated ground that the same was filed beyond the one-year period from plaintiffs' ouster on January 15, 1954.
On August 16, 1954, Miguel Mendiola and 125 others, filed with the above-mentioned court, a petition for mandamus (docketed as Civil Case No. 4398) against Ricardo Tancinco, District Engineer of Samar, alleging, inter alia, that the latter, on January 15, 1954, "without...