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Elecction Registration Board of Agoo, La Union,et al vs. Santiago

ELECTION REGISTRATION BOARD OF AGOO, LA UNION and ANDRES L. BOADO, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE SANTIAGO RANADA and AGUSTIN C. CHAN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-28357 | 1976-06-30

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:
In this petition for Certiorari and Prohibition with Preliminary Injunction, the Court holds that on the basis of the allegations of the complaint in Civil Case No. 7373, 1 the aforesaid case could not be one of forcible entry or unlawful detainer within the exclusive competence of the municipal court, but an accion publiciana which is for the recovery of the right to possess and is a plenary action within the jurisdictional competence of respondent court.

The following facts may be gleaned from the records of this petition: The Susana Realty, Inc. (plaintiff in the court a quo), as the registered owner of two...