Practice question
An RTC acts in appellate jurisdiction over a first-level civil case. The party invokes the direct purely-legal route for an RTC original judgment without analyzing Rule 42. Which is sound?
- Distinguish the RTC’s original and appellate capacities; Rule 42 governs the ordinary review of the latter in the CA.
- Every RTC ruling automatically bypasses the CA through Rule 45.
- Rule 42 never concerns legal questions.
- The capacity in which the RTC acted is irrelevant.
- The original first-level court’s name disappears from route analysis.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rules 41-45, particularly the petition contents, comment, record and route provisions specified: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
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