Practice question
A complaint in a second coequal RTC is titled Annulment of Title, but the relief necessarily requires invalidating the first competent RTC’s order that produced the title. The plaintiff says the new caption alone avoids judicial stability. Which is best?
- Captions conclusively determine jurisdiction
- Every title case automatically permits horizontal annulment
- A court may ignore the substance of requested relief
- The actual relief and effect control; a new caption cannot disguise forbidden interference with the prior order
- The prior order is automatically void if challenged
Legal references
- G.R.229164/229186, September2 2019, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2019/sep2019/gr_229164_2019.html
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