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Abelardo Bautista, Et Al vs. Federico O. Borromeo, Inc., Et Al

ABELARDO BAUTISTA and ROBERTO TAN TING, petitioners-appellees, vs. FEDERICO O. BORROMEO, INC., HONORABLE CESAR C. CRUZ, Judge of the Municipal Court of Mandaluyong, Rizal and JESUS BAUTISTA, Deputy Sheriff of Manila as Special Sheriff, respondent-appellants.

G.R. No. L-26002 | 1969-10-31

D E C I S I O N 


SANCHEZ, J.: 

Respondents-appellants seek to overturn the decision of the Court of First Instance of Rizal of January 6, 1966 granting petitioners-appellees' petition for relief from judgment, setting aside the July 23, 1965 decision of the Municipal Court of Mandaluyong, Rizal, in Civil Case 1365 and ordering a new trial. 

The background facts are as follows: 

On September 15, 1964, the Ford truck of petitioner Roberto Tan Ting driven by Abelardo Bautista, the other petitioner, and the Volkswagen delivery panel truck owned by respondent Federico O. Borromeo, Inc. (hereinafter called Borromeo) were...