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HEIRS OF TELESFORO JULAO, NAMELY, ANITA VDA. DE ENRIQUEZ, SONIA J. TOLENTINO AND RODERICK JULAO, PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES ALEJANDRO AND MORENITA DE JESUS, RESPONDENTS. September 29, 2014

HEIRS OF TELESFORO JULAO, NAMELY, ANITA VDA. DE ENRIQUEZ, SONIA J. TOLENTINO AND RODERICK JULAO, PETITIONERS, VS. SPOUSES ALEJANDRO AND MORENITA DE JESUS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 176020 | 2014-09-29

 
SECOND DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
Jurisdiction over the subject matter is conferred by law and is determined by the material allegations of the complaint.[1]  Thus, it cannot be acquired through, or waived by, any act or omission of the parties;[2] nor can it be cured by their silence, acquiescence, or even express consent.[3]

This Petition for Review on Certiorari[4] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assails the Decision[5] dated December 4, 2006 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 72845.

Factual Antecedents

Sometime in the 1960’s, Telesforo Julao (Telesforo)[6] filed...