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Roman Catholic Apostolic Church vs. Municipality of Placer

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CHURCH, ET AL., plaintiffs, vs. THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLACER, defendant.

G.R. No. 3490 | 1908-09-23

D E C I S I O N


TRACEY, J.:

In December, 1903, the Roman Catholic curate of Placer and Taganaan brought an action in his own name in the court of a justice of the peace of Surigao to recover possession of the church, convent, and cemetery which are the object of the present suit. From a judgment against him by the justice of the peace, he appealed to the Court of First Instance, where he succeeded, but upon the appeal of the defendant, that judgment was again reversed in this court, for the reason that the judge of First Instance had allowed an amendment to the complaint which set out a cause of action of which the justice had no...