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Rodrigo Contreras vs. Rolando R. Villaraza, et al.

RODRIGO CONTRERAS, petitioner, vs. HON. CITY JUDGE ROLANDO R. VILLARAZA, City Court of Cagayan de Oro, GENEROSA GUEVARA CECILIO, ISIDRA GUEVARA NERI, PASCUALA GUEVARA TABLAN, MARCOS GUEVARA, FERNANDO GUEVARA and ANASTACIO GUEVARA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-53372 | 1980-08-21

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

This is a certiorari and mandamus case involving the period within which to appeal to the Court of Appeals from the decision of the city court in an ejectment suit wherein it adjudicated the issue of ownership in the exercise of its enlarged jurisdiction under Republic Act No. 5967 which is concurrent with that of the Court of First Instance.

In Civil Case No. 5184, a forcible entry case, defendant Rodrigo Contreras received on November 9, 1979 a copy of the decision of the city court of Cagayan de Oro City, ordering him to vacate the two parcels of land described in the complaint. The city court resolved...