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EX-MAYOR GERARDO V. TAMBAOAN, EX-VICE MAYOR AZIL C. AQUINO, MUNICIPAL TREASURER PERLA GUTOMAN OF MAPANDAN, PANGASINAN, DEPUTY SHERIFF MARCELINO BONUAN, FRED CASTILLO, CESARIO BIALA, RUFINO GATINGA, PEDRO MENESES, EUGENIO MOSADA, JR., and JESUS TOLENTINO, SR. vs. THE CA and THELMA P. QUINTO

EX-MAYOR GERARDO V. TAMBAOAN, EX-VICE MAYOR AZIL C. AQUINO, MUNICIPAL TREASURER PERLA GUTOMAN OF MAPANDAN, PANGASINAN, DEPUTY SHERIFF MARCELINO BONUAN, FRED CASTILLO, CESARIO BIALA, RUFINO GATINGA, PEDRO MENESES, EUGENIO MOSADA, JR., and JESUS TOLENTINO, SR., petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and THELMA P. QUINTO, respondents.

G.R. No. 138219 | 2001-09-17

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

The case of origin, Civil Case No. 94-00321-D, was filed on 30 September 1994 by Loreto Aquino, Cenon Aquino, Fred Castillo, Cesario Biala, Rufino Gatinga, Pedro Meneses, Eugenio Mosada, Jr. and Jesus Tolentino, Sr., all barangay captains, said to have been the elected officers of the Liga ng mga Barangay or Association of Barangay Captains ("ABC") of Mapandan, Pangasinan, against Thelma P. Quinto and six other barangay captains who claimed to instead be the legitimate officers of the ABC by virtue of their appointments issued by then President Alex David of the National Liga ng mga Barangay.

On 30 June 1994,...