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Espiritu, et.al. Vs. Fugoso, et.al.

EMILIO ESPIRITU ET AL., petitioners-appellants, vs. VALERIANO FUGOSO ET AL., respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-1768 | 1948-10-20

D E C I S I O N

PERFECTO, J:

Appellants instituted this quo warranto proceedings to seek reinstatement in the positions of police officers they were occupying in the Manila Police Department at the time the Pacific War broke out.
At the time this case was decided in the lower court on September 30, 1947, with the exception of Blas Pineda and Wenceslao Ealdama, appellants had already been reinstated in the service and appointed to the respective offices they were occupying prior to the outbreak of the war. According to the lower court, Pineda and Ealdama were denied reinstatement for they had been removed from the service for cause.
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