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Cristino Ora-A Vs. Jose A. Angustia, Et Al. 119 Phil. 9

CRISTINO ORA-A, petitioner-appellee, vs. Judge JOSE A. ANGUSTIA and PAZ BAYOT VDA. DE CORPUS, respondents-appellants.

G.R. No. L-16711 | 1963-12-24

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of First Instance of Masbate annulling, on certiorari, the proceedings held in Civil Case No. 163 of the justice of the peace court of Masbate, same province.
It appears that, on July 19, 1957, in the said municipal court, Paz Bayot Vda. de Corpus, filed against Cristino Ora-a, an action for ejectment from a foreshore land and collection of rentals, (Civil Case No. 163). Before trial, appellee Ora-a orally moved to dismiss, on the ground that the said court had no jurisdiction over the case because the lot is a public land, and Bayot's foreshore lease application...