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Juanito Suarez vs. Damaso S. Tengco, Et Al.

JUANITO SUAREZ, petitioner, vs. HON. DAMASO S. TENGCO, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Batangas, DOMINGO DE LA ROCA, BENEDICTA UMALI and DANILO DE LA ROCA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-17113 | 1961-05-23

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

Juanito Suarez petitions for a writ of prohibition against the Honorable Damaso S. Tengco, as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Batangas, to restrain him from compelling petitioner to testify in Civil Case No. 1058 of said court. 

It would appear that a jeep in which plaintiffs in the civil case (the other respondents herein De la Roca and Umali) were riding, had collided with an automobile driven by petitioner, and as a sequel thereto, Criminal Case No. 1458 was filed against petitioner in the Court of First Instance of Batangas. On August 28, 1959, Civil Case No. 1058 was also filed...