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Obra, et al. vs. Court of Appeals and Spouses Brett

BENJAMIN D. OBRA and BRIG. GEN. TOMAS DUMPIT, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, SPOUSES JAMES BRETT and JUNE PRILL BRETT, respondents.

G.R. No. 120852 | 1999-10-28

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision,1 [Per Associate Justice Pacita Ca¤izares-Nye and concurred in by Associate Justices conchita Carpio Morales and Antonio P. Solano.] dated June 21, 1995, of the Court of Appeals affirming an award of P100,000.00 for violation of constitutional right and P10,000.00 for attorney's fees made by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 8, of Baguio and Benguet in favor of private respondents.

The facts are as follows:

Petitioner Benjamin D. Obra was, at the time material to this case, the Regional Director of the Bureau of Mines and...