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West Coast Life Insurance Co. Vs. Geo. N. Hurd 027 Phil 401

WEST COAST LIFE INSURANCE CO., plaintiff, vs. GEO. N. HURD, Judge of Court of First Instance, defendant.

G.R. No. 8527 | 1914-03-30

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

This is an action for the issuance of a writ of prohibition against the defendant "commanding the defendant to desist or refrain from further proceedings in a criminal action pending in that court."

The petitioner is a foreign life-insurance corporation, duly organized under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, doing business regularly and legally in the Philippine Islands pursuant to its laws.

On the 16th of December, 1912, the assistant prosecuting attorneys of the city of Manila filed an information in a criminal action in the Court of First Instance of that city against the plaintiff,...