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Aboitiz v. Cotabato Construction
Aboitiz v. Cotabato Construction
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DE CASTRO, J.:
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„ERROR I
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„ERROR II
„ERROR III
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issuance of a writ of attachment, and insists that its
evidence is intended to prove his assertion that respondent
company has disposed, or is about to dispose, of its
properties, in fraud of its creditors. Aside from the
reference petitioner had made to respondent companyÊs
„nil‰ bank account, as if to show removal of com-panyÊs
funds, petitioner also cited the alleged non-payment of its
other creditors, including secured creditors like the DBP to
which all its buses have been mortgaged, despite its daily
income averaging P12,000.00, and the rescue and removal
of five attached buses.
It is an undisputed fact that, as averred by petitioner
itself, the several buses attached are nearly junks.
However, upon permission by the sheriff, five of them were
repaired, but they were substituted with five buses which
were also in the same condition as the five repaired ones
before the repair. This cannot be the removal intended as
ground for the issuance of a writ of attachment under
section 1 (e), Rule 57, of the Rules of Court. The repair of
the five buses was evidently motivated by a desire to serve
the interest of the riding public, clearly not to
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SO ORDERED.
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Barredo (Chairman), Guerrero , and Abad Santos,
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JJ., concur.
Aquino, J., in the result. Judge Cusi was improperly
joined as a co-petitioner.
Concepcion Jr., J., took no part.
Petition denied.
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