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Paramount Insurance Corp. Vs. Maximo M. Japzon

PARAMOUNT INSURANCE CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. HON. MAXIMO M. JAPZON, Presiding Judge, Br. 36, RTC, Manila; City Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs Nestor Macabilin & Teodoro Episcope, Public respondents, JOSE LARA and ARSENIO PAED, private respondents.

G.R. No. 68037 | 1992-07-29

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

Assailed in this petition for certiorari and prohibition with preliminary injunction is the decision 1 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 36 dated August 30, 1983 in Civil Case No. 82-4416 entitled "Jose Lara and Arsenio Paed v. Willy Garcia, Emilio Macasieb, Domingo Natividad, Willy Manuel, and Paramount Insurance Co. Inc." ordering petitioner to pay private respondents an aggregate sum of P175,000.00 as insurer of a motor vehicle owned by Domingo Natividad despite the absence of jurisdiction over its persons.

It appears that on May 27, 1978, Jose Lara contracted the services of a passenger...