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Antonio Hilario, et al. vs CA, et al.

ANTONIO HILARIO and/or HEIRS OF CESAR HILARIO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, ROSAURO PALILEO and JOSEFINA ANASTACIO,* respondents.

G.R. No. 121865 | 1996-08-07

REGALADO, J.:


We have given due course to this appeal for the singular purpose of elucidating upon stressing one again the rule that in forcible entry and unlawful detainer suits, the jurisdiction of the regular trial courts of the first level in our integrated judicial system 1 is not or affected by the interjection in said cases of an issue concerning the ownership of the real property involved.

The ejectment suit which culminated in this appellate recourse, docketed as Civil Case No. 732 of the Municipal Trial Court of Guiguinto, Bulacan, alleges that the spouses Cesar Hilario (now deceased) and Antonia Hilario purchased a house and...