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Francisco,et al vs. Aquino

BRUNA FRANCISCO, ATILANO FRANCISCO, DEMETRIA FRANCISCO, SIMEONA FRANCISCO, MACARIO FRANCISCO, TEODORA FRANCISCO, MARIA SAN FELIPE, EUFRICINA SAN FELIPE, GUILLERMA SAN FELIPE, ROMIGIO SAN FELIPE, and VENANCIO SAN FELIPE, petitioners, vs. HON. BENJAMIN H. A

G.R. Nos. L-33235-6 | 1976-07-29

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

In Dulap v. Court of Appeals, 1 this Court enunciated the rule that "a court of first instance or a branch thereof has the authority and jurisdiction to take cognizance of, and to act in, a suit to annul a final and executory judgment or order rendered by another court of first instance or by another branch of the same court." The case at bar comes within the spirit and context of the aforecited rule and, therefore, We hold that the respondent Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch VIII, has the authority and jurisdiction to take cognizance of, and to act in, Civil Case No. 8806, an action to annul a final...