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Ramos vs. Court of First Instance of Tayabas, et al.

AGAPITO RAMOS, petitioner, vs. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF TAYABAS and LA LAGUNA-TAYABAS BUS COMPANY, respondents.

G.R. No. 39929 | 1933-09-14

D E C I S I O N

MALCOLM, J:

The question presented by this petition for a writ of prohibition is one of jurisdiction and has to do with the legal right of a Court of First Instance to grant an injunction to restrain a party holding a certificate of public convenience issued by the Public Service Commission from violating the same, and to proceed to hear and decide the case.

The petitioner Agapito Ramos and the respondent La Laguna-Tayabas Bus Company are rival public utility operators in the Provinces of Laguna and Tayabas. Both are the holders of certificates of public convenience issued by the Public Service Commission. During the...