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Equitable PCI Bank, Inc. vs Antonio A. Bellones, et al.

EQUITABLE PCI BANK, INC., represented by PAULINO L. YUSI, Complainant, versus ANTONIO A. BELLONES and GENEROSO B. REGALADO, both Sheriffs IV, Branches 9 and 16, respectively, Regional Trial Court, Cebu City, Respondents.

A.M. No. P-05-1973 (Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 04-1904-P) | 2005-03-18

D E C I S I O N 


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: 

     For garnishing accounts maintained by Equitable PCI Bank, Inc. (EPCIB) at Citibank, N.A.,[1] and Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Corporation (HSBC),[2] allegedly in violation of Section 9(b) of Rule 39 of the Rules of Court, a complaint for grave abuse of authority was filed by Atty. Paulino L. Yusi against Sheriffs Antonio A. Bellones and Generoso B. Regalado. 

The factual antecedents are as follows: 

     Complainant EPCIB is the defendant in Civil Case No. CEB-26983 before the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 16, Cebu City, entitled, "Ng Sheung Ngor,...