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Feliciano Bejer vs. Court of Appeals

SPOUSES FELICIANO BEJER AND GLORIA BEJER, petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS AND SPOUSES AND SPOUSES SOLANO SAMAR AND "JOHN DOE/S", respondents.

G.R. No. 79404 | 1989-01-27

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

Considering the identity of petitioner lessors, the subject matter and the issues in these two cases, and that the respondents therein are tenants in the same property involved, a joint decision is indicated.

An identical pivotal issue, which would be determinative of the present recourses in both cases, presents itself for resolution by the Court: Does P.D. 1508 (Katarungang Pambarangay Law), which requires the compulsory process of conciliation as a pre-condition for filing a case in court, apply where the plaintiffs are permanent residents of another province but, at the time of the institution of the...