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Delfin Protacio Vs. Eleuterio De Leon, Et Al. 118 Phil. 1310

DELFIN PROTACIO, petitioner-appellant, vs. ELEUTERIO DE LEON and the COURT OF APPEALS, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-21135 | 1963-11-08

D E C I S I O N


PAREDES, J.:

In the general elections of November 10, 1959, petitioner Delfin Protacio and respondent Eleuterio de Leon, were candidates for the position of Mayor of Parañaque, Rizal. The municipal board of canvassers of Parañaque, proclaimed respondent De Leon, mayor-elect, with a majority of 33 votes over Protacio (5,192 for De Leon, 5,159 for Protacio). A protest was lodged by Protacio with the CFI of Rizal (Election Case No. 5913), which rendered judgment, declaring Protacio the duly elected Mayor of Parañaque, with a plurality of seven (7) votes over De Leon. The CFI judgment was appealed to the...