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Spouses Afulugencia vs. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (Metrobank)

SPOUSES VICENTE AFULUGENCIA and LETICIA AFULUGENCIA, Petitioners, vs. METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST CO. and EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA, Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court and Ex-Officio Sheriff, Province of Bulacan, Respondents.

G.R. No. 185145 | 2014-02-05

SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
Section 6, 1 Rule 25 of the Rules of Court (Rules) provides that "a party not served with written interrogatories may not be compelled by the adverse party to give testimony in open court, or to give a deposition pending appeal." The provision seeks to prevent fishing expeditions and needless delays. Its goal is to maintain order and facilitate the conduct of trial.
 
Assailed in this Petition for Review on CertiorarP are the April 15, 2008 Decision3 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 99535 which dismissed petitioners' Petition for Certiorari for lack of...