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Oaminal vs. Castillo, et al. 459 Phil 542

HENRY S. OAMINAL, petitioner, vs. PABLITO M. CASTILLO and GUIA S. CASTILLO, respondents.

G.R. No. 152776 | 2003-10-08

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

In the instant case, the receipt of the summons by the legal secretary of the defendants -- respondents herein -- is deemed proper, because they admit the actual receipt thereof, but merely question the manner of service. Moreover, when they asked for affirmative reliefs in several motions and thereby submitted themselves to the jurisdiction of the trial court, whatever defects the service of summons may have had were cured.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to nullify the March 26, 2002 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 66562. The...