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Angara vs. Electoral Commission [DECISION]

JOSE A. ANGARA, petitioner, vs. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION, PEDRO YNSUA, MIGUEL CASTILLO, and DIONISIO C. MAYOR, respondents.

G.R. No. 45081 | 1936-07-15

D E C I S I O N
 
LAUREL, J.:
 
This is an original action  instituted in this court by the petitioner, Jose A. Angara, for the issuance of a writ of prohibition to restrain and prohibit the Electoral Commission, one of the respondents, from taking further cognizance  of the  protest filed by Pedro  Ynsua,  another  respondent, against the  election of said  petitioner  as  member of the National  Assembly for the  first  assembly  district of the Province of Tayabas.

The facts of this case as they appear in the petition and as admitted by the respondents are as...