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China Bank Corp. vs. Ortega 49 SCRA 355

CHINA BANKING CORPORATION and TAN KIM LIONG, petitioners-appellants, vs. HON. WENCESLAO ORTEGA, as Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila, Branch VIII, and VICENTE G. ACABAN, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-34964 | 1973-01-31

D E C I S I O N

MAKALINTAL, J:

The only issue in this petition for certiorari to review the orders dated March 4, 1972 and March 27, 1972, respectively, of the Court of First Instance of Manila in its Civil Case No. 75138, is whether or not a banking institution may validly refuse to comply with a court process garnishing the bank deposit of a judgment debtor, by invoking the provisions of Republic Act No. 1405. *

On December 17, 1968 Vicente Acaban filed a complaint in the court a quo against Bautista Logging Co., Inc., B & B Forest Development Corporation and Marino Bautista for the collection of a sum of money. Upon motion of the...