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Espiritu vs. Cipriano 55 SCRA 533

PRIMITIVO ESPIRITU and LEONORA A. DE ESPIRITU, petitioners, vs. RICARDO CIPRIANO and THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE, RIZAL, BRANCH XV, respondents.

G.R. No. L-32743 | 1974-02-15

D E C I S I O N

ESGUERRA, J:

 

In this petition for certiorari, petitioners seek the review and nullification of two orders of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch XV, the first, dated August 4, 1970, sustaining private respondent Ricardo Cipriano's motion to dismiss "on the authority of Republic Act 6126", and the second, dated October 16, 1970, denying the motion for reconsideration of the first order. The question before Us involves the retroactive application of the provisions of Republic Act 6126, otherwise known as the Rental Law. 
 
The case originated as one for unlawful detainer instituted on May...