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Ma-ao Sugar cent. Co. vs. Barrios

MA-AO SUGAR CENTRAL CO., petitioner, vs. CONRADO BARRIOS, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-1539 | 1947-12-03

D E C I S I O N

FERIA, J:

This is a petition for certiorari to set aside the order of the respondent judge denying the motion to dismiss the complaint of the other respondents which seek to recover amounts of money due them from the petitioner before the outbreak of the war, on the ground that the respondent judge acted without or in excess of the court's jurisdiction in rendering said order; and for prohibition to forbid the respondent judge from taking cognizance of the case on the ground that the respondent judge has no jurisdiction to try an decide it.

The ground for the motion to dismiss filed by the petitioner is that the...