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Eugenio V. Villanueva, Jr. vs. Jose R. Querubin

EUGENIO V. VILLANUEVA, JR., petitioner, vs. HON. JOSE R. QUERUBIN, in his capacity as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental, ELVIRA GUANZON and MIGUEL MATTI, respondents.

G.R. No. L-26137 | 1968-09-23

D E C I S I O N 


FERNANDO, J.: 

Petitioner Eugenio V. Villanueva, Jr., a member of the Philippine Bar, prays for the issuance of the writ of certiorari to annul the order of respondent Judge of June 1, 1966, requiring him "to surrender the documents and papers" which allegedly had lawfully come to his possession in his professional capacity as counsel of Elvira Guanzon and Miguel Matti in Civil Case No. 7725 of the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental, pending before respondent Judge. It turned out that petitioner was dismissed, while the trial of the above-entitled case was still in progress and before petitioner's...