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SAGING vs. Standard Fruit Company

SURVIVORS OF AGRICHEMICALS IN GENSAN (SAGING), INC. WITH ITS CHAIRPERSON ARTURO G. LUARDO AND ITS MEMBERS, PETITIONERS, VS. STANDARD FRUIT COMPANY, STANDARD FRUIT AND STEAMSHIP, CO., DOLE FOOD COMPANY INC., DOLE FRESH FRUIT COMPANY, INC., DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE N.A. INC., AND DEL MONTE TROPICAL FRUIT CO.*, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 206005 | 2023-04-12

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
A party alleging that summons was served upon them only by mail must prove it by evidence, not mere bare allegations.

Furthermore, if the complaint sufficiently states that it is being filed by a party with the real parties in interest, the noninclusion of the real parties in interest in the title is a mere technical defect, which may be resolved by  amending the complaint, keeping in mind the objective of proper administration of justice and preventing further delay and multiplicity of suits.

Finally, the filing of the complaint in court interrupted the running of the prescriptive period for the...