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Juan S. Rustia Vs. Judge Of First Instance Of Batangas, Et Al. 044 Phil 62

JUAN S. RUSTIA, petitioner, vs. THE JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE OF BATANGAS, Thirteenth Judicial District, Honorable FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ, ROSA H. DE PORCUNA and her husband JUSTO M. PORCUNA and EULALIA MAGSOMBOL, respondents.

G.R. No. 19695 | 1922-11-17

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J.:

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari, the petition alleging that the respondent Judge of the Court of First Instance exceeded his jurisdiction in dismissing a pending action at the instance of the parties but without the intervention of the attorney for the plaintiff in the case, the herein petitioner.

It appears from the record that on July 31, 1921, the respondent Justo Porcuna, for himself and on behalf of his wife, the respondent Rosa H. de Porcuna, by means of a written contract, retained the petitioner to represent them as their lawyer in case No. 1435 then pending in the Court of First...