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Pasagui, et al vs. Villablanca,et al

CALIXTO PASAGUI and FAUSTA MOSAR, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. ESTER T. VILLABLANCA, ZOSIMO VILLABLANCA, EUSTAQUIA BOCAR and CATALINA BOCAR, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-21998 | 1975-11-10

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

The only issue posed by this appeal is whether or not, from the nature of the action pleaded as appears in the allegations of the complaint, the aforesaid action is one of forcible entry, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the municipal court.

On February 4, 1963, appellants Calixto Pasagui and Fausta Mosar filed a complaint with the Court of First Instance at Tacloban City, alleging that on November 15, 1962, for and in consideration of Two Thousand Eight Hundred Pesos (P2,800.00), they bought from appellees Eustaquia Bocar and Catalina Bocar a parcel of agricultural land with an area of 2.6814 hectares,...