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Aniceta Iburan Vs. Magdaleno Labes 087 Phil 234

ANICETA IBURAN, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAGDALENO LABES, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-2671 | 1950-08-30

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

This was an action of unlawful detainer begun in the Justice of the Peace Court of Carcar, Cebu. The single question presented on appeal has to do with the Justice of the Peace's jurisdiction to take cognizance of the case as one of unlawful detainer, as he did. It is the contention of the defendant and appellant that the allegations in the complaint bring the case within the provisions of Act No. 4054, known as Tenancy Law, and its amendments.

It should be stated that section 29 of Act No. 4054, which was approved on February 27, 1933, provides "That this Act shall take effect only in the provinces where...