Practice question
A 2025 appellate ruling reviews a civil complaint filed before RA 11576. A reader applies the old jurisdictional amount quoted for that historical filing to a new 2026 action. What must be corrected?
- Distinguish the earlier case’s filing-time law from the law governing the new action.
- Every quotation in a recent decision repeals intervening legislation.
- The publication year makes every historical amount current.
- The old case’s contract controls all future litigants.
- The new action can ignore its actual filing date.
Legal references
- RA 11576, Section 4, prospective application of expanded civil jurisdiction: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11576_2021.html
- Figueroa v. People, G.R. No. 147406, July 14, 2008, main decision, law at institution and narrow estoppel doctrine: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/jul2008/gr_147406_2008.html
- Spouses Agullo v. Victa-Espinosa, G.R. No. 269921, April 22, 2025, en banc main decision, governing law at filing and Rule 9: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/apr2025/gr_269921_2025.html
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