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Municipality of Malabang vs. Benito

THE MUNICIPALITY OF MALABANG, LANAO DEL SUR and AMER MACAORAO BALINDONG, petitioners, vs. PANGANDAPUN BENITO, HADJI NORODIN MACAPUNUNG, HADJI HASAN MACARAMPAD, FREDERICK V. DUJERTE, MONDACO ONTAL, MARONSONG ANDOY, MACALABA INDAR LAO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-28113 | 1969-03-28

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
 
CASTRO, J.:
 
The petitioner Amer Macaorao Balindong is the mayor of Malabang, Lanao del Sur, while the respondent Pangandapun Benito is the mayor, and the rest of the respondents are the councilors, of the municipality of Balabagan of the same province. Balabagan was formerly a part of the municipality of Malabang, having been created on March 15, 1960, by Executive Order 386 of the then President Carlos P. Garcia, out of barrios and sitios 1 of the latter municipality.
 
The petitioners brought this action for prohibition to nullify...