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Luzon Surety Company, Inc. vs. Magbanua, et al

LUZON SURETY COMPANY, INC., plaintiff-appellee, vs. CORETTE S. MAGBANUA and DANIEL Z. ROMUALDEZ, defendants, ANTONIO V. RAQUIZA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-41804 | 1976-07-30

D E C I S I O N

MARTIN, J:

This case 1 involves the application of Section 4, Rule 18 of the Rules of Court 2 concerning the power of a City Court to try a case with a common cause of action against all defendants based on the answers filed before it and to render judgment on the evidence presented, where some of the defendants answered and the others failed to do so.

On November 18, 1964 plaintiff Luzon Surety Company, Inc. file a complaint 3 before the City Court of Manila against the defendants, Corette S. Magbanua, Daniel Z. Romualdez and Antonio V. Raquiza, seeking the enforcement of an indemnity agreement allegedly entered into by...