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Monsanto et al. vs. Lim

EDUARDO D. MONSANTO, DECOROSO D. MONSANTO, SR., AND REV. FR. PASCUAL D. MONSANTO, JR., PETITIONERS, VS. LEONCIO LIM AND LORENZO DE GUZMAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 178911 | 2014-09-17

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
“Filing the appropriate initiatory pleading and the payment of the prescribed docket fees vest a trial court with jurisdiction over the subject matter.”1
 
Assailed in this Petition for Review on Certiorari2 are the March 12, 2007 Decision3 of the Court of Appeals (CA)  which denied the Petition for Certiorari in CA-G.R. CEB-SP No. 01343 and its July 6, 2007 Resolution4 denying the herein petitioners’ Motion for Reconsideration.5
 
Factual Antecedents
 
In a letter6 dated February 18, 2004, Flordelis B. Menzon, Regional...