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Shell Company of the Phil., LTD. vs. Enage, et al.

THE SHELL COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES, LIMITED, petitioner, vs. HON. MANUEL LOPEZ ENAGE, as Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Agusan, Branch II, FRANCISCA TIMOSA, CHIVENIANO GO, THE CITY SHERIFF OF BUTUAN CITY and THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF

G.R. Nos. L-30111-12 / Nos. L-30365-66 | 1973-02-27

FERNANDO, J:


The lack of fealty to the requirements of procedural due process is the basis of these certiorari proceedings to set aside two decisions of respondent Judge Manuel Lopez Enage. Petitioner Shell Company of the Philippines, 1 and petitioners Numeriano Jacolo, Ernesto Dedel and Jacinto Monoy 2 were defendants in an action for damages filed in the Court of First Instance of Agusan in the branch presided by respondent Judge with the other respondents Francisca Timosa and Chiveniano Go as plaintiffs. The two decisions in favor of private respondents, respectively issued on August 26, 1968 and September 30, 1968, are now assailed...