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Farin vs. Gonzales, et al.

BENJAMIN FARIN, petitioner, vs. OSCAR R. GONZALES and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-36893 | 1973-09-28

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:
Benjamin Farin, the incumbent Municipal Mayor of Iba, Zambales, has appealed to this Court thru a petition for review on certiorari from the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 00937-R dated April 6, 1973, finding that two of the candidates for the office of Municipal Mayor, namely, Benjamin Farin and Oscar R. Gonzales, obtained an equal number of votes in the 1971 elections, and ordering the drawing of lots by the said candidates, and from the resolution dated May 21, 1973, denying Farin's motion for reconsideration. On August 9, 1973, We issued motu proprio a resolution considering the petition as...