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S Torres vs CA & Priscilla Cruz-Gatchallan

SILVINA TORRES VDA. DE CRUZ, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and PRISCILLA CRUZ-GATCHALIAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 111676 | 1999-03-04

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

A recurring question in unlawful detainer and forcible entry cases is whether the municipal/metropolitan trial court is ousted of jurisdiction when the issue of ownership is raised.

In its decision,1 [Per Justice Alfredo Marigomen and concurred in by Justices Santiago M. Kapunan and Cancio C. Garcia.] dated March 17, 1993, the Court of Appeals, in affirming the decisions of the Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 192 [Dated March 30, 1992.] and the Municipal Trial Court of Bulacan, Bulacan,3 [Dated May 16, 1991.] ruled in the negative.

After a review of the facts and the pertinent law, we see...