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Medina vs. City Sheriff

VICTORIA MEDINA, VIRGINIA VINUYA, ANSELMO YABOT and SALVACION MENDOZA, petitioners, vs. CITY SHERIFF, MANILA and SPOUSES JUSTINO V. JIMENEZ and AURORA RUEDA JIMENEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 113235 | 1997-07-24

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
ROMERO, J.:
 
The sole issue in the instant petition for certiorari is whether or not the Court of Appeals, in denying petitioners' application for a writ of preliminary injunction, committed grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack of jurisdiction. The facts which gave rise to this petition are stated below:
 
Private respondent spouses Justino and Aurora Jimenez filed an unlawful detainer suit against petitioners on April 8, 1991 docketed as Civil Case No. 92-135259-CV. The Jimenezes, as lessors and as owners of a...