Career
He graduated his Bachelor of Laws from the University of the Philippines in 1913, and placed second (after future president Manuel Roxas) in the Bar Examinations that same year. He engaged in private law practice before being elected in the House of Representatives in 1919. His judicial career started when he was appointed judge in 1924, and later on appointed in 1936 to the Court of Appeals. He became an Associate Justice in 1941, and was a member of the wartime judiciary during the Japanese Occupation. He was appointed Chieft Justice of the Supreme Court ten years later.
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