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Teves vs. Sindiong

PABLO TEVES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. PERPETUO A. SINDIONG, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-2050 | 1948-10-21

D E C I S I O N

MONTEMAYOR, J:

Pablo Teves, - for the purpose of having himself declared legally entitled to the office of justice of the peace of the municipality of Luzurriaga (now Valencia), Negros Oriental, and placed in possession thereof, and at the same time of having the defendant Perpetuo A. Sindiong, the incumbent, declared not entitled to the said office, and so ousted therefrom, - instituted the present quo warranto proceedings in the Court of First Instance of Oriental Negros. After due hearing, the trial court found and held that the plaintiff, Pablo Teves, was not entitled to the said office of justice of the peace of...