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Oscar T. Olib, Et Al. Vs. Edelwina C. Pastoral, Et Al.

SPS. OSCAR T. OLIB and ROBERTA R. OLIB, petitioners, vs. HON. EDELWINA C. PASTORAL, Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Agusan del Norte and Butuan City, Branch III and CORAZON M. NAVIA, respondents.

G.R. No. 81120 | 1990-08-20

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

This case could have been remanded to the Court of Appeals, which has concurrent jurisdiction with this Court in petitions for certiorari against the regional trial courts under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court. We have decided to retain and rule on it directly, however, so we can emphasize the important doctrines we shall here affirm.

On November 13, 1981, Corazon M. Navia sued the spouses Oscar and Roberta Olib, petitioners herein, for dissolution of their partnership and other reliefs, with a prayer for the issuance of a writ of a preliminary attachment. 1

The writ was granted on November 10, 1983, resulting...