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Empress Television, Inc. vs. Concepcion B. Buencamino, et al.

EMPRESS TELEVISION, INC., petitioner, vs. HON. CONCEPCION B. BUENCAMINO, as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch LII and MANILA BANKING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-55753 | 1982-01-30

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

In this petition for certiorari filed pursuant to the provisions of R.A. No. 5440, We are asked to set aside the order of the respondent judge which dismissed the petitioner's complaint with prejudice.

The antecedent facts are:

Empress Television, Inc., the petitioner herein, filed on March 13, 1979, in the Court of First Instance of Rizal a complaint for restitution and damages against the Manila Banking Corporation, the private respondent herein. The case was docketed as Civil Case No. Q-27172. In the course of the trial, the following events occurred:

On January 15, 1980, Atty. Ricardo C. Valmonte,...