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Pan, et al vs. Geromino, et al

ONG KIM PAN (alias PABLO ONG) and ONG WA, petitioners-appellants, vs. FRANCISCO GERONIMO, Judge of Municipal Court of Manila, and BENITO GONZALES, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-2850 | 1949-12-29

D E C I S I O N

REYES, J p:

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila dismissing an action for prohibition directed against a municipal judge.
It appears that appellants are, and for some time have been, tenants of certain accesorias comprised in a building located at Muelle de Binondo, Manila, and belonging to the appellee, Benito Gonzales. Early in 1947 the tenants were required to pay higher rent, but as they refused to do so, the landlord chose to terminate the lease with notice for them to vacate the premises. Thus faced with imminent ouster, but before they could be taken to court, the tenants stole...