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Apolonio Madrona, Sr. Vs. Avelino S. Rosal

APOLONIO MADRONA, SR., petitioner, vs. HON. AVELINO S. ROSAL, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Maasin, Southern Leyte, and PANFILO NOMBRADO, respondents.

G.R. No. 39120 | 1991-11-21

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR, J.:

A very simple question, which could have been avoided if respondent Judge only hearkened to the teaching of decisional law and took a minute of his time to justify in few words his Order dismissing a complaint for damages arising from slander, has contributed this case to the clogging of the docket of his Court.

The antecedent facts are undisputed.

On 7 January 1974, petitioner filed against private respondent with the then Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court) of Maasin, Southern Leyte, a civil action 1 for damages arising from alleged slanderous remarks uttered by the latter. The case was...