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Cuevas vs. Lesaca

DIEGO CUEVAS, petitioner, vs. JUAN G. LESACA, Judge of First Instance of Bulacan, and FRANCISCO VIOLAGO, respondents.

G.R. No. 35937 | 1931-09-02

D E C I S I O N


VILLAMOR, J:

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus against the respondent judge to compel him to permit the opening of the ballot boxes of precincts 1 and 4 of the municipality of San Ildefonso, Bulacan, for an examination of their contents in connection with the election contest instituted by the petitioner in the Court of First Instance of the province, against the other respondent, Francisco Violago, municipal president elect of that municipality.

From the allegations it appears: That the petitioner was a qualified elector and candidate voted for municipal president of San Ildefonso, Bulacan, in the general...