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Apolonio Cabansag Vs. Geminiana Maria Fernandez 102 Phil 152

APOLONIO CABANSAG, plaintiff, vs. GEMINIANA MARIA FERNANDEZ, ET AL., defendants. APOLONIO CABANSAG, ROBERTO V. MERRERA and RUFINO V. MERRERA, respondents-appellants.

G.R. No. L-8974 | 1957-10-18

D E C I S I O N

BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

This is a contempt proceeding which arose in Civil Case No. 9564 of the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan wherein Apolonio Cabansag and his lawyers Roberto V. Merrera and Rufino V. Merrera were found guilty and sentenced the first to pay a fine of P20 and the last two P50 each with the warning that a repetition of the offense will next time be heavily dealt with.

Apolonio Cabansag filed on January 13, 1947 in the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan a complaint seeking the ejectment of Germiniana Fernandez, et al. from a parcel of land. Defendants filed their answer on January 31, 1947 and a motion to...