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PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, petitioner, vs. HON.
GREGORIO G. PINEDA, in his capacity as Presiding
Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch XXI
and TAYABAS CEMENT COMPANY, INC., respondents.
Negotiable Instruments; Letter of Credit; Trust Receipts; PNBs
possession of the subject machinery and equipment being precisely as
a form of security for the advances given to private respondent under
the Letter of Credit, said possession by itself cannot be considered
payment of the loan secured thereby; payment would legally result
only after PNB has foreclosed on said securities and sold the same,
and applied the proceeds thereof to private respondents loan
obligation.We rule for the petitioner PNB. It must be remembered
that PNB took possession of the imported cement plant machinery
and equipment pursuant to the trust receipt agreement executed by
and between PNB and TCC giving the former the unqualified right
to the possession and disposal of all property shipped under the
Letter of Credit until such time as all the liabilities and obligations
under said Letter had been discharged. In the case of Vintola vs.
Insular Bank of Asia and America wherein
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THIRD DIVISION.
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over its judgment, including all incidents relative to the control and
conduct of its ministerial officers, namely the sheriff thereof. The
foreclosure sale having been ordered by Branch V of the CFI of
Rizal, TCC should not have filed injunction proceedings with
Branch XXI of the same CFI, but instead should have first sought
relief by proper motion and application from the former court which
had exclusive jurisdiction over the foreclosure proceeding. This
doctrine of non-interference is premised on the principle that a
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction may not be opened,
modified or vacated by any court of concurrent jurisdiction.
Same; Same; Regional Trial Courts can only enforce their writs
of injunction within their respective designated territories.
Furthermore, we find the issuance of the preliminary injunction
directed against the Provincial Sheriff of Negros Occidental and exofficio Sheriff of Bacolod City a jurisdictional faux pas as the Courts
of First Instance, now Regional Trial Courts, can only enforce their
writs of injunction within their respective designated territories.
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Bank, et al.
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p. 115, Rollo.
p. 194, Rollo.
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p. 144, Rollo.
p. 80, Rollo.
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p. 769, Rollo.
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p. 150, Rollo.
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p. 81, Rollo.
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p. 369, Rollo.
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p. 113, Rollo.
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Since the IBAA is not the factual owner of the goods, the
VINTOLAS cannot justifiably claim that because they have
surrendered the goods to IBAA and subsequently deposited them in
the custody of the court, they are absolutely relieved of their
obligation to pay their loan because of their inability to dispose of
the goods. The fact that they were unable to sell the seashells in
question does not affect IBAAs right to recover the advances it had
made under the Letter of Credit.
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Castellvi de Higgins and Higgins vs. Sellner, 41 Phil. 142; U.S. vs.
Veradero de la Quinta, 40 Phil. 48; Lirag Textile Mills, Inc. vs. Social
Security System, G.R. No. 33205, August 31, 1988.
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Ibid.
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Republic vs. Judge Reyes, citing 30 A Am Jur 605, G.R. Nos. 30263-
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