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City of Iloilo vs. Honrado

THE CITY OF ILOILO, REPRESENTED BY HON. MAYOR JERRY P. TREÑAS, PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUDGE RENE B. HONRADO, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 29, ILOILO CITY, AND JPV MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION TESTING & CAR CARE CENTER, CO., REPRESENTED BY JIM P. VELEZ, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 160399 | 2015-12-09

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
The essential office of preliminary injunction is to preserve the rights of the parties before the final adjudication of the issues. Where injunction is the main relief sought in the action, therefore, the trial court should desist from granting the plaintiff's application for temporary restraining order or writ of preliminary injunction if such grant would tend to prejudge the case on the merits. The preliminary injunction should not determine the merits of the case, or decide controverted facts, but should still look to a future final hearing.
 
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