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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

SECOND DIVISION

[G.R. No. 12222. December 8, 1916. ]

FELICIANO TAMONDONG, Petitioner, v. JULIO LLORENTE, judge of first instance of Pangasinan, and MARTIN PALISOC, Respondents.

Alejo Mabanag for Petitioner.

Sison & Moran for Respondents.

SYLLABUS


1. ELECTION CONTESTS; WHO ARE CANDIDATES VOTED FOR; NOTICE. — Upon the questions of who are the candidates voted for at municipal elections and who must be voted for, Held: (1) That all persons who are voted for should, in the first instance, be considered candidates voted for; (2) that all persons voted for, as appears in the certificate of the municipal board of inspectors, must be notified, unless the protestant shows that some of such persons were not, in fact, candidates; (3) that whether a person voted for was, in fact, a candidate, is a question of fact; that when that question is presented, the protestant has a right to present proof for the purpose of showing that the persons voted for and not notified of the protest were, in fact, not candidates; (4) that if the judge hearing the protest
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