Banayos v. Susana Realty · G.R. L-30336

Petitioner: Banayos
Respondent: Susana Realty
Citation: G.R. No. L-30336
Court: Supreme Court
Division: Second Division
Ponente: Antonio, J.
Decided: June 30, 1976

Summary

The Supreme Court resolved a jurisdictional dispute regarding property possession recovery. Susana Realty Inc. sued occupants of its titled land who allegedly entered by stealth and occupied the property for three years. The Court of First Instance of Rizal took jurisdiction and ordered defendants to vacate. On certiorari, the Supreme Court clarified the distinctions between forcible entry (municipal court jurisdiction), accion publiciana (CFI jurisdiction for possession recovery), and accion de reivindicacion (ownership recovery). Since the complaint lacked allegations of plaintiff's prior physical possession and the action was filed more than one year after dispossession, this constituted an accion publiciana properly within CFI jurisdiction. The petition was dismissed, affirming CFI's jurisdictional competence and establishing important precedent on property possession action classifications.

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