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    Pablo Teves was appointed as a justice of the peace in 1915 and continued serving in that role, following guerilla fighters during the Japanese occupation. In 1943, he was arrested by Japanese patrol but later escaped. He was reappointed in 1945 but this appointment was not confirmed. The court ruled that Teves did not abandon his office by joining the guerillas, as conditions during the occupation prevented normal operations, and he continued performing judicial functions until his arrest. Therefore, the subsequent appointment of Sindiong was invalid and Teves' position as justice of the peace was not forfeited.

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    Pablo Teves was appointed as a justice of the peace in 1915 and continued serving in that role, following guerilla fighters during the Japanese occupation. In 1943, he was arrested by Japanese patrol but later escaped. He was reappointed in 1945 but this appointment was not confirmed. The court ruled that Teves did not abandon his office by joining the guerillas, as conditions during the occupation prevented normal operations, and he continued performing judicial functions until his arrest. Therefore, the subsequent appointment of Sindiong was invalid and Teves' position as justice of the peace was not forfeited.

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    Pablo Teves was appointed as a justice of the peace in 1915 and continued serving in that role, following guerilla fighters during the Japanese occupation. In 1943, he was arrested by Japanese patrol but later escaped. He was reappointed in 1945 but this appointment was not confirmed. The court ruled that Teves did not abandon his office by joining the guerillas, as conditions during the occupation prevented normal operations, and he continued performing judicial functions until his arrest. Therefore, the subsequent appointment of Sindiong was invalid and Teves' position as justice of the peace was not forfeited.

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    TEVES vs.

    SINDIONG
    G.R. No. L-2050. October 21, 1948

    FACTS:
    Pablo Teves was appointed justice of the peace of Luzurriaga, Negros Oriental. He
    qualified and assumed office on January 14, 1915.

    He followed and stayed with the guerillas in the tree area and continued to discharge
    his duties as justice of peace of that part of Luzurriaga not occupied by invaders.

    However, sometime in October 1943, the plaintiff was arrested by a Japanese patrol
    and was kept as a virtual prisoner to Dumaguete.

    He managed to escape and asked the Deputy Governor under the guerilla government
    to restore him to his post of justice of Luzurriaga.

    For his 2ndappointment, Teves was again appointed on May 1, 1945.

    However, when his appointment was submitted against to Comm on Appointments


    (COA), it was NOT CONFIRMED.

    Despite this non-confirmation, he continued to office. Presumably, because of this non-


    confirmation, the President of Philippines nominated defendant Sindiong and such
    nomination was confirmed by COA.

    RTC decided that Teves abandoned his old office of justice of peace (i.e. when he went
    to the tree area with the guerillas)

    ISSUE:
    Whether or not Teves is has abandoned his old office of justice of peace.

    RULING:
    NO. Teves herein is still below the age of 70 and none of the other elements justifying
    loss of, or separation from, his office as justice of peace exists with the possible
    exception of that of abandonment. The conditions at that time were far from normal. He
    joined the guerillas in the mountains and continued to exercise his judicial functions
    until he was arrested.

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