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Morata, Maria Luisa P. , et al. Vs. Victor Go, et al.

SPOUSES MARIA LUISA P. MORATA AND JULIUS MORATA, petitioners, vs. SPOUSES VICTOR GO and FLORA C. GO and HON. VALERIANO P. TOMOL, JR., Judge, Court of First Instance of Cebu, Branch XI, respondents.

G.R. No. L-62339 | 1983-10-27

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN., J.:

In this petition for certiorari and prohibition with prayer for writ of preliminary injunction, the Court is called upon to determine the classes of actions which fall within the coverage of Presidential Decree No. 1508, 1 otherwise known as Katarungang Pambarangay Law. This law requires the compulsory process of arbitration at the Barangay level as a pre-condition for filing a complaint in court. Petitioners contend that said legislation is so broad and all-embracing as to apply to actions cognizable not only by the city and municipal courts, now known as the metropolitan trial courts and municipal trial...