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Sps. Carolina & Reynaldo Jose Vs. Sps. Laureano & Purita Suarez

SPS. CAROLINA and REYNALDO JOSE Petitioners, versus SPS. LAUREANO and PURITA SUAREZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 176795 | 2008-06-30

D E C I S I O N


Tinga, J.:

Petitioners filed this case assailing the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CEB SP No. 00397 dated 17 August 2006 which affirmed the Orders[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cebu City, Branch 19 restraining Branches 2 and 5 of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) of Cebu City from proceeding with the criminal cases for violation of Batas Pambansa Bilang 22 (B.P. Blg. 22) filed against respondent Purita Suarez.

The facts of the case follow.

Respondents, spouses Laureano and Purita Suarez, had availed of petitioner Carolina Jose's (Carolina) offer to lend money at the daily interest...