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[4/4] Tiamco vs Diaz

[4/4] ANTONIO CO TIAMCO, petitioner, vs. POMPEYO DIAZ, Judge of First Instance of Manila, YAO BOOM SIM (alias Co Hue), YAO KA TIAM (alias Chua Kui), and SY GUI GAM (alias Go Si Pio), respondents.

G.R. No. L-7 | 1946-01-22

4, of the Rules of Court, are copied from said sections 52 and 80 of Act No. 190, and Form 1 is a literal transcription of that found in section 81 of Act No. 190. And this Court has never reversed or nullified up to this time the ruling in the above-mentioned cases. On the contrary, it reaffirmed the said rule and ruling of this Court in the case of Lizo vs. Carandang, decided in August, 1942 under the Rules, in which the following was held:

"Forcible entry and detainer; what determines jurisdiction of the justice of the peace court. - It is well established that what determines the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace court in a...