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PHILIPPINE REPORTS ANNOTATED VOLUME 025

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Case Title:
GODOFREDO B. HERRERA, as
municipal president of Caloocan,
petitioner, vs. ALBERTO
BARRETTO, judge of first
instance of Rizal, and
CONSTANCIO JOAQUIN,
respondents.
[No. 8692. September 10, 1913.]
Citation: 25 Phil. 245
GODOFREDO B. HERRERA, as
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municipal president of Caloocan,
petitioner, vs. ALBERTO BARRETTO,
Search Result judge of first instance of Rizal, and
CONSTANCIO JOAQUIN, respondents.

1. CERTIORARI.—A writ of certiorari

will not be issued unless it clearly
appears that the court to which it is
to be directed acted without or in
excess of jurisdiction.

2. ID.—If a court has jurisdiction of the

subject matter and of the person,
decisions upon all questions
pertaining to the cause are decisions
within its jurisdiction, and however
irregular or erroneous they may be
they cannot be corrected by certiorari.

3. MANDAMUS; JURISDICTION OF
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE.—A
Court of First Instance has
jurisdiction of an action of
mandamus,

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246 PHILIPPINE REPORTS ANNOTATED

Herrera vs. Barretto and Joaquin.

and therefore has jurisdiction to

decide every question pertaining to
that case; and the issuance of a
mandatory injunction even though ex
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