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Municipal Council Of Las Pinas Vs. Judge Of First Instance Of Rizal 040 Phil 279

THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF LAS PINAS, PROVINCE OF RIZAL, and CLEMENTE DALANDAN, petitioners, vs. THE JUDGE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL, MANUEL AREVALO and RUFINO DE LEON, respondents.

G.R. No. 15887 | 1919-10-16

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J .:

This is an original action commenced in the Supreme Court for the writ of certiorari. The facts upon which the petition is based may be stated as follows:

That an election was held in the municipality of Las Piñas on the 3d day of June, 1919, for the purpose of electing a municipal president; that at said election Clemente Dalandan, Manuel Arevalo and Rufino de Leon each received votes for said office; that at the close of the election the municipal board of canvassers proclaimed that the said Clemente Dalandan had been elected president of said municipality; that on the 26th day of June, 1919, the said Manuel...