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Cinco vs. Canonoy

PORFIRIO P. CINCO, petitioner-appellant, vs. HON. MATEO CANONOY, Presiding Judge of the Third Branch of the Court of First Instance of Cebu, HON. LORENZO B. BARRIA, City Judge of Mandaue City, Second Branch, ROMEO HILOT, VALERIANA PEPITO and CARLOS PEPITO

G.R. No. L-33171 | 1979-05-31

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:
 
This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari of the Decision of the Court of First Instance of Cebu rendered on November 5, 1970.

The background facts to the controversy may be set forth as follows:

Petitioner herein filed, on February 25, 1970, a Complaint in the City Court of Mandaue City, Cebu, Branch II, for the recovery of damages on account of a vehicular accident involving his automobile and a jeepney driven by Romeo Hilot and operated by Valeriana Pepito and Carlos Pepito, the last three being the private respondents...