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Royales vs. Intermediate Appellate Court (IAC) 127 SCRA 470

APOLINAR R. ROYALES and PRESENTACION GREGORIO, petitioners, vs. HON. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT, JOSE PLANAS, HON. J. CESAR SANGCO, etc., et al., respondents.

G.R. No. L-65072 | 1984-01-31

D E C I S I O N

ESCOLIN, J.:

Sought to be annulled in this petition for review is a final and executory judgment rendered by the City Court [now Metropolitan Trial Court] of Manila in Civil Case No. 057662-CV on ground of lack of jurisdiction. Petitioners contend that the Court did not acquire jurisdiction over the case for failure of respondent Jose Planas, plaintiff therein, to avail of the barangay conciliation process before the filing of the case in court, as required by P.D. 1508, otherwise known as the "Katarungang Pambarangay Law."

The facts upon which this issue rests are the following: The spouses Apolinar R. Royales and...