Practice question
Both parties expressly try an unpleaded issue in a civil action within the court’s subject-matter jurisdiction. After full presentation, one party invokes the absence of a formal amendment. Apply current Rule 10 section 5.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — current Rule 10, sections 3 and 5, and Rule 18, sections 2 and 7, issues tried by consent and controlling pre-trial order.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/jan2006/gr_162416_2006.html — De Joya v. Marquez, G.R. No. 162416, January 31, 2006, distinctions among jurisdiction over subject matter, issues and res.
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