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Fortunato De La Cruz, Et Al. Vs. Crispin V. Bautista

FORTUNATO DE LA CRUZ and DIEGA RAMOS-DE LA CRUZ, petitioners, vs. HON. CRISPIN V. BAUTISTA, Court of First Instance of Bulacan, Fifth Judicial District, Branch III, and JOSE I. ROBLES, respondents.

G.R. No. 39695 | 1990-06-14

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

The issue posed for resolution in this petition is whether the decision of the former court of first instance, affirming the judgment of the then municipal court which ordered the ejectment of herein petitioners after finding that no tenancy relationship existed between them and herein private respondent, had still to be referred to the Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform for purposes of certification pursuant to the Presidential Decree No. 316.

In a complaint 1 filed before the Municipal Court of Obando, herein private respondent, as plaintiff, sought the ejectment of herein petitioners, as...