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PEOPLE vs.Virgilio Layno, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. VIRGILIO LAYNO, TONY DUMALAGAN, QUIRINO MALINDOG, INIEGO AVILA, JUAN DAOJOG, APOSTOL BAJADO and ANGEL HERMANO, accused-appellees.

G.R. No. L-27305 | 1982-01-18

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

The seven accused were charged with grave coercion by the provincial fiscal in an information filed with the Court of First Instance of Surigao del Sur. It was alleged therein that on June 10,1957 the accused prevented the workers of Lianga Bay Logging Co ., Inc. from loading the logs of the company on the SS Kotoku Maru then anchored at Lianga Bay, which loading was not prohibited by law (Criminal Case No. 2864).

Judge Placido Reyes-Roa, a vacation judge, in his order of August 8, 1966, motu proprio "remanded" the case to the municipal court of Bislig, Surigao del Sur on the ground for lack of jurisdiction....