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City Manila vs. Court of appeals,et al.

CITY OF MANILA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and METROPOLITAN THEATER COMPANY, respondents.

G.R. No. L-35253 | 1976-07-26

D E C I S I O N

CASTRO, J:

This is an appeal by way of certiorari from the decision of the Court of Appeals dated June 20, 1972 in GR-SP-00707-R, annulling the special order of execution of September 30, 1971 and the writ-issue-order of December 29, 1971 in civil cases 78845 and 79907 of the Court of First Instance of Manila. This Court resolved to consider this appeal as a special civil action.

The petitioner City of Manila (hereinafter referred to as the City), commenced on July 2, 1968 an action for unlawful detainer against the private respondent Metropolitan Theater Company (Company, for short) in civil case 172062 of the City...