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Cromwel Denila, et al vs Hon Josue Bellosillo, et al

CROMWEL DENILA, ISIDORO GUBATANGA and FREDDIE INAYAN, petitioners, vs. HON. JOSUE BELLOSILLO, Judge of the Court of Agrarian Relations of Iloilo; BENJAMIN CARREON, Deputy Provincial Sheriff of Iloilo and BEATERIO DEL SANTISIMO ROSARIODE MOLO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-39569 | 1975-05-16

AQUINO, J.:

This case involves the jurisdiction of the Court of Agrarian Relations to enforce a compromise whereby the three occupants of a riceland became civil lessees for two agricultural years. The lessees contend that they can be ejected from the said land only in an unlawful detainer action instituted in the proper municipal court.

On the other hand, the landowner contends that a new action is not necessary because the lower court, being vested with jurisdiction to render the decision based on a compromise agreement, has the power and authority to enforce it in the same case. The facts are as follows:

On June 17, 1971 Cromwel...