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Siasoco, et al. vs. Court of Appeals

MARIO SIASOCO, ANGELITA E., SIASOCO, MA. BELLA SIASOCO, ESTER SIASOCO-LAMUG, MA. LOURDES SIASOCO LAMUG-BARRIOS, MA. RAMONA SIASOCO LAMUG, MA. VICTORIA SIASOCO LAMUG-DOMINGUEZ, BELEN SIASOCO-JOSE, RAFAEL SIASOCO JOSE, CYNTHIA SIASOCO JOSE, CRISTINA SIASOCO JOSE, ROBERTO SIASOCO JOSE, CARIDAD SIASOCO JOSE, RAMON SIASOCO JOSE, OSCAR SIASOCO, RUBEN SIASOCO, SALOME SIASOCO-PAZ, MEDARDO PAZ SIASOCO, ROLANDO PAZ SIASOCO, JESUS PAZ SIASOCO, NELLY STO. DOMINGO NARIO, MARY GRACE, STO. DOMINGO NARIO and MARY ANNE STO. DOMINGO NARIO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS; HON. MARCELINO F. BAUTISTA, JR., Presiding Judge, Branch 215, Regional Trial Court, Quezon City; and the IGLESIA NI CRISTO, respondents.

G.R. No. 132753 | 1999-02-15

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Notwithstanding the filing of a responsive pleading by one defendant, the complaint may still be amended once, as a matter of right, by the plaintiff in respect to claims against the non-answering defendant(s). The Court also reiterates that certiorari is not the proper remedy to contest a lower court's final adjudication, since appeal is available as a recourse.

Statement of the Case

Petitioners assail the February 25, 1998 Decision1 [Rollo, pp. 25-34.] of the Court of Appeals2 [Seventh Division, composed of J. Eugenio S. Labitoria , ponente; JJ. Jainal P. Rasul, Division chairman, and Marina L. Buzon,...