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Grace Park International vs. East West Bank etc.

GRACE PARK* INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND WOOD REALTY Petitioners, vs. EASTWEST BANKING CORPORATION, SECURITY BANKING CORPORATION, ALLIED BANKING CORPORATION, represented by the Trustee and Attorney-in-Fact of EASTWEST BANKING CORPORATION TRUST DIVISION, EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA, in his capacity as the Ex-Officio Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Malolos City, Bulacan, EDRIC C. ESTRADA, in his capacity as Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Malolos City, Bulacan, Respondents. Present: SERENO, C.J, Chairperson, LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, BERSAMIN, PERLAS-BERNABE, and CAGUIOA,JJ

G.R. No. 210606 | 2016-07-27

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari1 are the Decision2 dated May 22, 2013 and the Resolution3 dated December 27, 2013 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 98880, which affirmed the Order4 dated April 25, 2012 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malolos City, Bulacan, Branch 15 (RTC-Malolos) dismissing Civil Case No. 543-M2010 on the ground of forum shopping and/or litis pendentia.
 
The Facts
 
The instant case arose from an Amended Complaint for Injunction and Annulment of Foreclosure Sale...