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Tuazon & Co., Inc. vs. Makasiar

J. M. TUASON & CO., INC., petitioner, vs. HONORABLE JUDGE FELIX V. MAKASIAR, Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch XI; JACINTO S. PURIFICACION, PONCIANA SANTIAGO, LEONCIO SANTIAGO, CARLOS SANTIAGO, BENITO SANTIAGO, CECILIO SANTIA

G.R. No. L-26374 | 1974-07-31

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

This certiorari proceeding is an apt illustration of Dean Pound's observation that the judiciary cannot altogether be immune to the zeitgeist or in Holmes' more familiar language, "the felt necessities of the times." Therein may lie the explanation for entertaining such a suit assailing an order of respondent Judge merely holding in abeyance a resolution on the affirmative defenses of defendant J. M. Tuason and Company, now petitioner, seeking the dismissal of the action filed by private respondents on the ground of res judicata. Certainly, it cannot be said that in thus merely postponing the ruling sought, a...