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Andres Borromeo vs. Fermin Mariano

ANDRES BORROMEO, plaintiff, vs. FERMIN MARIANO, defendant.

G.R. No. 16808 | 1921-01-03

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J .:

Quo warranto proceedings have been instituted in this court to determine the right of the plaintiff and of the defendant to the office of Judge of the Court of First Instance of the Twenty-fourth Judicial District.

The only facts, and these are undisputed ones, which need be noticed, are the following: Andres Borromeo was appointed and commissioned as Judge of the Twenty-fourth Judicial District, effective July 1, 1914. He duly qualified and took possession of the office on that date. On February, 25, 1920, he was appointed Judge of the Twenty-first Judicial District, and Fermin Mariano was appointed Judge of the...