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Bangko Silangan Dev Bank vs CA, Judge Atienza, et al

BANGKO SILANGAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, JUDGE PABLO D. ATIENZA, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of Branch 14, Regional Trial Court, Fourth Judicial Region, Nasugbu, Batangas and LEONIDA UMANDAL-BAUSAS, respondents.

G.R. No. 110480 | 2001-06-29

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Challenged in this petition for review on certiorari is the Decision[1] dated February 26,1993 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. SP-29659 which affirmed the Resolution[2] dated September 10, 1992 of the Regional Trial Court of Batangas, Branch 14, Nasugbu, Batangas in Civil Case No. 221. The said Regional Trial Court (RTC) denied the motion to dismiss filed by petitioner Bangko Silangan Development Bank (BSDB), Nasugbu Branch, Batangas.

The motion to dismiss was based on the ground of litis pendentia allegedly arising from the same controversy, subject of Civil Case No.91-56185, then pending before...