Practice question
An RTC first resolves a case filed within its statutory original jurisdiction. In a separate proceeding it reviews a properly perfected MTC appeal. A student claims that all RTC decisions are necessarily exercises of original jurisdiction because an RTC is a trial court. Which is correct?
- The student is correct for every RTC proceeding.
- The first proceeding invokes original jurisdiction; the second invokes appellate jurisdiction.
- Both are automatically administrative proceedings.
- Both are necessarily original because the judge is the same.
- The classification depends solely on the winning party.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1981/bp_129_1981.html — Sections 21–22; original-jurisdiction grants read with current amendments.
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