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RUBEN MANALANG, CARLOS MANALANG, CONCEPCION GONZALES AND LUIS MANALANG, PETITIONERS, VS. BIENVENIDO AND MERCEDES BACANI, RESPONDENTS.

RUBEN MANALANG, CARLOS MANALANG, CONCEPCION GONZALES AND LUIS MANALANG, PETITIONERS, VS. BIENVENIDO AND MERCEDES BACANI, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 156995 | 2015-01-12

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

In the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction, the Regional Trial Court (RTC) shall decide the appeal of the judgment of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) in unlawful detainer or forcible entry cases on the basis of the entire record of the proceedings had in the court of origin and such memoranda and/or briefs as may be required by the RTC. There is no trial de novo of the case.

The Case
 
The petitioners assail the decision promulgated on October 18, 2002 in CA-G.R. SP No. 68419,1 whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) reversed and set aside the decision of the RTC, Branch 49, in Guagua,...