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Ramon Hontiveros vs. Jose Altavas 024 Phil 632

RAMON HONTIVEROS, petitioner and appellee, vs. JOSE ALTAVAS, respondent and appellant.

G.R. No. 8606 | 1913-03-29

D E C I S I O N


TRENT, J.:

At the general election held in the Province of Capiz on June 4, 1912, Jose Altavas, according to the proclamation of the provincial board of canvassers, received 3,542 votes, and Ramon Hontiveros received 3,371 votes, for the office of provincial governor. Hontiveros protested. The Court of First Instance, after trial, found that the protestant received 3,173 legal votes and the protestee 2,842. Judgment was entered directing the provincial board of canvassers to correct its canvass accordingly. The protestee appealed.

The appellant now insists that the court erred: (1) In not declaring the appellee...