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Constantino A. Pascual vs. Lourdes S. Pascual

CONSTANTINO A. PASCUAL, SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS, REPRESENTED BY ZENAIDA PASCUAL, PETITIONER, VERSUS LOURDES S. PASCUAL, RESPONDENT

G.R. No. 171916 | 2009-12-04

D E C I S I O N


PERALTA, J.:

Due process dictates that jurisdiction over the person of a defendant can only be acquired by the courts after a strict compliance with the rules on the proper service of summons.

Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, with Prayer for Temporary Restraining Order and Writ of Preliminary Injunction, seeking to annul the Decision[1] dated June 29, 2005 and the Resolution[2] dated March 14, 2006 of the Court of Appeals (CA) nullifying and vacating the Decision[3] dated December 3, 2002 and Order[4] dated April 4, 2003 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 12,...