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Rafael Patricio vs. Oscar Leviste

RAFAEL PATRICIO, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE OSCAR LEVISTE, JUDGE, CFI CAPIZ, BRANCH II and BIENVENIDO BACALOCOS, respondents.

G.R. No. 51832 | 1989-04-26

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

Petition for review on certiorari of the Order 1 of the Court of First Instance of Capiz, Branch II, on the motion for reconsideration filed by private respondent Bienvenido Bacalocos, dismissing the complaint for damages against the latter, docketed as Civil Case No. V-3937.

Petitioner Rafael Patricio, an ordained Catholic priest, and actively engaged in social and civic affairs in Pilar, Capiz, where he is residing, was appointed Director General of the 1976 Religious and Municipal Town Fiesta of Pilar, Capiz.

On 16 May 1976 at about 10:00 o'clock in the evening, while a benefit dance was on-going in...