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R.B. Industrial Dev. Co., Ltd., et al. vs. Hon. Manuel Lopez Enage, et al.

R.B. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LIMITED, and RAY N. KITTILSTVEDT, petitioners, vs. HON. MANUEL LOPEZ ENAGE, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Agusan Branch II, and EASTERN TIMBER CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-27741 | 1968-07-29

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
SANCHEZ, J.: 
 
This original action for certiorari and prohibition asks us to strike down the power of the Court of First Instance of Agusan to proceed with its Civil Case 1087. 1 Petitioners R.B. Industrial Development Company, Limited (Industrial, for short) and Ray N. Kittilstvedt, with vehemence say, inter alia, that private respondent Eastern Timber Corporation (hereinafter referred to simply as Eastern) has no cause of action against them; and, that the lower court is without jurisdiction to take cognizance of said case. Petitioners expressed grave concern over the great probability that the...