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Heirs of Benjamin Mendoza etc. Vs. The Hon. CA & J.A Development Corp.

HEIRS OF BENJAMIN MENDOZA, NAMELY: PACITA MENDOZA, VICTOR MENDOZA, JOSE MENDOZA, CESAR MENDOZA, EFREN MENDOZA, EDWARDO MENDOZA, EDNA MENDOZA and BEVERLY MENDOZA, Petitioners, versus THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS and J.A. DEVELOPMENT CORP., Respondents.

G.R. No. 170247 | 2008-09-17

D E C I S I O N


Tinga, J.:

Petitioners assail the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 75607 dated 23 January 2004, and its Resolution[2] dated 27 October 2005, for want of jurisdiction. The assailed decision reversed and set aside the Decision[3] dated 13 December 2002 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Tagaytay City, Branch 18 which in turn affirmed the Decision[4] dated 18 December 2001 of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) of Tagaytay City, Branch 1 dismissing the complaint for unlawful detainer[5] filed by respondent J.A. Development Corp.

The Court of Appeals culled the following facts from the records:...