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Phil. Woman's Christian Temperance Union Vs. Abiertas House Of Friendship

PHILIPPINE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION, INC., petitioner, vs. ABIERTAS HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP, INC., & RADIANCE SCHOOL, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 125571 | 1998-07-22

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J:

Two actions were filed by petitioner: (1) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a petition to declare a contract of lease void for being ultra vires; and (2) before a regional trial court, a complaint for the recovery of possession of the property subject of the said contract. Was the RTC judge correct in dismissing the complaint on the ground of litis pendentia and forum shopping?

The Case

This is the principal issue in this petition for review on certiorari before us, seeking a reversal of the Resolution dated May 20, 1996 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 215, 1 in Civil Case...