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Robert C. Peyer Vs. Felix Martinez, Et Al. 088 Phil 72

ROBERT C. PEYER, petitioner, vs. FELIX MARTINEZ, Judge, Court of First Instance of Manila, TERESA FANLO PEYER, and HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-3500 | 1951-01-12

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari and mandamus to review certain orders of the Court of First Instance of Manila in civil case No. 7769, and to command the respondent judge to reopen that case and allow petitioner's intervention therein.

It appears that Teresa Fanlo Peyer is, or was, the wife of Robert C. Peyer, who left the Philippines on April 1, 1948 with one Grace Ryle allegedly to escape trial for concubinage with which he and Ryle were to be charged in the Court of First Instance of Manila.

On March 30, 1949, Teresa Fanlo Peyer brought an action, docketed as case No. 7769, in the said court of first...