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Auman vs. Estenzo

FAUSTO AUMAN, LIBRADO AUMAN, JORGE AUMAN, GREGORIO AUMAN, ERNESTO AUMAN, VICENTA AUMAN, CONCEPCION A. LUMAPAS, and CARLOS AUMAN, petitioners, vs. HON. NUMERIANO G. ESTENZO, Judge, Court of First Instance of Leyte, Branch V (Ormoc Branch) GERONIMO C. CAPAH

G.R. No. L-40500 | 1976-02-27

D E C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:
Did respondent Judge, Hon. Numeriano G. Estenzo, of the Court of First Instance of Leyte, Branch V, err and gravely abuse his discretion when he rendered a Summary Judgment in Civil Case No. 1395-0 on February 25, 1975, favor of private respondents herein and against petitioners, and issued the order dated Branch 24, 1975, denying the latter's motion for reconsideration of said judgment? 1

On January 14, 1975, spouses Geronimo and Encarnacion Capahi who are now the private respondents filed a complaint with the Court of First Instance of Leyte (Ormoc Branch) against Fausto Auman and others, now...