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Ignacio Buenbrazo vs. Geronimo R. Marave

IGNACIO BUENBRAZO, petitioner, vs. HON. GERONIMO R. MARAVE, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental, Branch II, and JOSE ABELARDO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-41144 | 1980-12-29

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

In Civil Case No. 988, a forcible entry case, the city court of Ozamiz City rendered a decision dated July 5, 1974, dismissing the complaint of plaintiff Jose B. Abelardo and ordering him to pay defendant Ignacio Buenbrazo the sum of P1,000 as attorney's fees.

Abelardo appealed to the Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental. After the parties had filed their memoranda, as contemplated in section 45 of the Judiciary Law (see Gindoy vs. Tapucar, L-43257, January 20, 1977, per Barredo, J.), the lower court in its judgment dated February 26, 1975 affirmed the city court's decision (Civil Case No. OZ-473)....