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Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Mterobank) vs. Sandoval 691 SCRA 92

Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company, as successor-in-interest of Asian Bank Corporation, Petitioner Vs. Hon. Edilberto G. Sandoval, Hon. Francisco H. Villaruz, Jr. and Hon. Rodolfo A.Ponferrada (in their capacities as Chairman and Members, respectively, of the Second Division of SANDIGANBAYAN) and the Republic of the Philippines, Respondents

G.R. No. 169677 | 2013-02-18

 
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
BERSAMIN, J.: 
 
The court, in furtherance of convenience or to avoid prejudice, may order a separate trial of any claim, cross-claim, counterclaim, or third-party complaint, or of any separate issue or of any number of claims, cross-claims, counterclaims, third-party complaints or issues.1 But a separate trial may be denied if a party is thereby deprived of his right to be heard upon an issue dealt with and determined in the main trial.
 
Through this special civil action for certiorari, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank) hereby seeks to set aside and nullify the...