Couple loses certiorari case over lapse in procedure
MANILA - The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld the decision of a lower court, which said summons to the Provincial Legal Officer (PLO) are required in a suit filed against a municipality. In an 11-page decision written by Associate Justice Elihu Ybanez dated October 19, the appellate court's Eighth Division said Judge Edwin Buffe, of the Odiongan, Romblon Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 82, ruled correctly in the case filed by couple Lino and Gemma Morales against the municipality of Looc and its mayor, Lissette Arboleda, in 2019. The couple claimed ownership of a 377-square-meter propert...
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