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Edgar Sadio Vs. Regional Trial Court Of Antique, Branch 10, Et Al.

EDGAR SADIO, petitioner, vs. Hon. REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF ANTIQUE, BRANCH 10, SIXTH JUDICIAL REGION, San Jose, Antique, and BONIFACIO SANZ MACEDA, respondents. Mariano R. Pefianco for petitioner.

G.R. No. 94143 | 1991-09-24

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

Acting on a complaint to enjoin the operation of the small-town lottery by the Province of Antique, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes (PCSO), the Molitor Management Corporation and herein petitioner Edgar Sadio, Judge Bonifacio Sanz Maceda of the Regional Trial Court of Antique, after hearing, declared such lottery illegal and ordered MOLITOR and Sadio in solidum to pay PCSO and the Province of Antique damages in the amount of P25,000,000.00. 1

On the basis of this order, Sadio filed before the Municipal Trial Court of San Jose, Antique, a criminal complaint against Judge Maceda for issuance of an unjust...