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Aboitiz & Company, Inc., et al. vs. Cotabato Bus Company, Inc.

ABOITIZ & COMPANY, INC., HONORABLE VICENTE N. CUSI, JR., Judge of the Court of First Instance of Davao, and the PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF DAVAO DEL SUR, petitioners, vs. COTABATO BUS COMPANY, INC., respondent.

G.R. No. L-35990 | 1981-06-17

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

The instant petition stemmed from Civil Case No. 7329 of the Court of First Instance of Davao (Branch I) in which a writ of preliminary attachment was issued ex-parte by the Court on the strength of an affidavit of merit attached to the verified complaint filed by petitioner herein, Aboitiz & Co., Inc. on November 2, 1971, as plaintiff in said case, for the collection of money in the sum of P155,739.41, which defendant therein, the respondent in the instant case, Cotabato Bus Co., owed the said petitioner.

By virtue of the writ of preliminary attachment, the provincial sheriff attached personal properties...