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Eddie Herrera, Ernesto T. Tijing, And Conrado Bollos vs Teodora Bollos And Rico Go

EDDIE HERRERA, ERNESTO T. TIJING, and CONRADO BOLLOS, petitioners, vs. TEODORA BOLLOS and RICO GO, respondents.

G.R. No. 138258 | 2002-01-18

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The Case

The case is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals[1] affirming that of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 44, Dumaguete City, which reversed the ruling of the municipal trial court that it has jurisdiction over the case of forcible entry.

The Facts


The facts, as found by the Court of Appeals, are as follows:

"Ab initio, on August 5, 1993, Teodora Bollos commenced before the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Bayawan-Basay Civil Case No. 993, for forcible entry, solely against Eddie Herrera alleging that the latter, sometime in the second week of 1993, through stealth and...