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Gavieres vs. Falcis

LUIS GAVIERES, ARTHUR GAVIERES, VICENTE GAVIERES, and HON. OSCAR C. FERNANDEZ, as Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Bulacan, Branch IV, Petitioners, v. PRUDENCIO G. FALCIS and COURT OF APPEALS, Respondents. Lorenzo, Ogena, De la Cruz and Associates Law Offices, for Petitioners. Ermelo P. Guzman for Private Respondents.

G.R. No. 62380 | 1991-02-07

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

NARVASA, J.:

The principal issue raised here is whether a charge of contempt for alleged disobedience to a judicial order properly lies if initiated by persons not parties to the action or proceeding in which the order was issued.

In December 1971 proceedings for the settlement of the intestate estate of Mariano San Pedro y Esteban were begun in the Court of First Instance of Bulacan, Branch V sitting in Baliuag, docketed as Special Proceedings No. 312-B. About three months later, on March 11, 1972, letters of administration were issued therein in favor of...