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Gil V. Maribao, Et Al. vs. Numeriano Estenzo, Et Al.

GIL V. MARIBAO and ENRIQUETA. LLANILLO-MARIBAO, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE JUDGE NUMERIANO ESTENZO and THE CITY OF ORMOC, respondents.

G.R. No. L-24768 | 1968-06-27

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

This is an original action for certiorari. Petitioners Gil V. Maribao and his wife, Enriqueta Llanillo-Maribao - hereinafter referred to as the Maribaos - pray that certain orders issued by Hon. Numeriano Estenzo, as Judge of First Instance of Leyte, in Sp. Civil Case No. 711-O of said court, be annulled and that he be declared to be without jurisdiction to try said case, as well as "immediately enjoined from proceeding further with the case." 

The records show that, on January 25, 1965, the City of Ormoc instituted said Case No. 711-O for the expropriation of several tracts of land located...