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Fuentes, Francisco A., et al. Vs. Oscar Leviste, et al.

FRANCISCO A. FUENTES, JOHNNY DAYANG and SILVERIO DELA TORRE, petitioners, vs. JUDGE OSCAR LEVISTE, as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Capiz, Branch II, and CIRILO BACANTO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-47363 G.R. No. L-47363 | 1982-10-28

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition for review by certiorari of an order of the respondent Judge of the Court of First Instance of Capiz, Branch II, Roxas City, dismissing Special Civil Action No. V-3909 for contempt of court.

In a judgment rendered on August 26, 1959 by the municipal court of Pilar, Capiz for unlawful detainer, where petitioner Fuentes was the plaintiff and Emilio Bacanto the defendant, the latter was ordered to pay the former a sum of money. Emilio Bacanto failed to appeal. After the judgment became final, the municipal court issued a writ of execution on September 30, 1959. On December 23, 1959,...