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Emilio M. Lumontad, Jr. Vs. Provincial Governor 118 Phil. 96

EMILIO M. LUMONTAD, JR., petitioner, vs. PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR, PROVINCIAL BOARD, MUNICIPAL VICE-MAYOR SAMSON CERNA, MUNICIPAL COUNCILORS LOURDES LACSON-GORRES, CIRILO QUISIDO, FLAVIANO MIPARANUM, GUILLERMA U. YANONONG, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-17568 | 1963-05-30

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, J.:

Appeal, on a question purely of law, from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Cebu.
Petitioner Emilio M. Lumontad, Jr., is the municipal mayor of Pinamungajan, province of Cebu. On June 27, 1960, the vice-mayor and seven (7) councilors of Pinamungajan filed with the Provincial Governor and the Provincial Board of Cebu a complaint charging Lumontad with having caused the highway special fund apportioned to said municipality, under Republic Act No. 917, in the amount of P7,270.42, to be disbursed in connection with a supposed program of work, dated March 25, 1960, without consulting the Municipal...