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Antipolo Highway Lines Employees Union vs. Benjain H. Aquino

"ANTIPOLO HIGHWAY LINES EMPLOYEES UNION," MANUEL ALVARAN, IRENEO REYES, BONIFACIO BUHAY, ALBERTO BELEN and RODOLFO FERNANDEZ, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE BENJAMIN H. AQUINO, as Presiding Judge of Branch VIII, Court of First Instance of Rizal, 7th Judicial

G.R. No. L-31785 | 1979-09-25

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

This Petition for Certiorari places in issue the jurisdiction of respondent Judge, then presiding over the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch VIII, in 1) taking cognizance of Civil Case No. 12384 for Damages with Preliminary Injunction filed by private respondent; 2) issuing a Restraining Order on October 16, 1969 and a Writ of Preliminary Injunction on December 8, 1969; and 3) in promulgating a Decision making said injunctive Orders permanent, and sentencing petitioners to pay damages and attorney's fees.

The main thrust of petitioners' submission is that jurisdiction properly belonged to the...