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Jose C. Cariaga Jr etal. Vs. Antonio Q. Malaya etal

JOSE C. CARIAGA, JR. AND MARIETA CARIAGA, petitioners, vs. THE HON. ANTONIO Q. MALAYA, CAROLINA ALMONTE CARIAGA-SOON AND ANA ALMONTE CARIAGA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-48375 | 1986-08-13

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J:

This is a petition for certiorari to review and to set aside two orders of the respondent Judge dated January 16, 1978 and April 11, 1978 giving validity to the service of summons by registered mail upon the defendants Jose C. Cariaga, Jr. and Marieta Cariaga-Celis (petitioners herein), who are residing abroad. Petitioners aver that the issuance of said orders by the respondent Judge is tantamount to grave abuse of discretion.

The antecedent facts of the case at bar are briefly summarized as follows:

On October 6, 1976, plaintiffs (private respondents herein) Ana Almonte Cariaga Soon filed in her behalf and...