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'real . pr.oper.ty; for-eclosure · ._
Real Action, Personal Actli:m,-a.nd,Mixed A~tion,
reconveya nce; mo_rtgage. . Distinguished · .
action - for
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jeclmenr ; ·
action . -for
specific ·
performance; .
action ... . " . .for . .· Actions · . . One V)lhich Is Ore bro!Jgh,Hoi- ·
injunction. affecting title to not fo~nded protection or
or. ·•. poSsEl_ss!on
· u·pon the recoS,:ery of
real
· .• (Domagas V. Jensen, G.R. 158407, January 1·7, .. of real property; privity qf real · pr.operty. and
. 200p). . . · cir.- · ··interest rlghis or -re.~I also for an aw ard
. .. there!n (RULE~ PfOpJirty,, . ·fo~
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:darttages
- Tt,e diff~rence; find sighifica~ce ln deter~in(ng: OF . COUR1, . . .sust~ined · '
1 . . Whether or-not jurisdiction .over the person oqhe · Rlile.4, Sec:1i . (REc;Al-f\DO, : .
defendant is.requ ired;··· · _-.-· · · . · ·· . Remepial .• Law .
2. . The ty.pe of ~)'.Jmmon~to be employed; ~rid . · Comp'!mdjum .
3. J,.Jpon wh·om '.-judgment is ' l:Sindihg (1, RfANO, Volume I (2010)
supra a(206). , .. .p. . : _22)
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. Note ;_-Pe~itiim~r ·rnvokes th·e di~tinction between i a.0-{[ ,~ REGA-LADOJ.
action in r~_ m ancj ·!3n· action in p_erso_namand •(?1 ~~11'\~:'.: ., ;'t; \
· that subst1toted service may be ava1l€ldof only il\;a n• , ; ..,1.d .
action 'in' rem :· The in rem/in personam distinc\19~; 1 --H t.. . .... . .. . ~,~.·.
.was . signifi~ant. under the o[d rule . be'causi ,-# wa'.s, di"r-t'/-c?~l~ } -:ii~ ,~f{,lits Transitory, I.~ .•
1 Governed _ by .the
silent -as -_
t 6 -the kin,d of action to which,..t~q;ir;CJlewas.~ ~, ven·ue ·-a1p~Bps its venoe Rules of venue iri
,~p~ltcable. ~etau~e . of this silenc$,,(t 9,e _cou_( :::;;. -~ upo_n_ _1,fl.
\~!3depends upon rea l ·actiori': ·
hn;1.ted · the .-app!1cat19h ·of the oi~_. ),f ~l!,e:.·,,,to,m L\,. l9cabon ~f ·(th~ the _residence
rem .-actjo~s. only • .T,his _·-ral? . beerc,:_:6 h a99,e.~_:- :; ,Ttie -1·'!
.. prc:>perty~ !1· _\ ot'the . plaintiff
-_pre_s~nt rufe . expressly 5.ta.tes ~ftit ·a~J>lres"·:•in· al)¼~ ';~ · · -,~~ol~ef in )the , r . · ., -the
. ac~qn __ w~ere the defendant f ,1s"".dt~!_~j~~~p a~, an -f'.~
i ht1fl~to~;-;::-.JLJ . Jl1-k!i!,ndant ·
. un~nowr:,·_.. ner., or the Iii<:~ or--:-w~1~ .v~r 1] is
-o\A'. 1•. R_IAN(?._;,i_ :S!JP,:/3 -~ ,J. ~ ·.
. . whereabout& · are unkn 0wn · ~~a~d? ,ea~p or .f bJ · 1;~ at-198).~f...:. ,...U• . ·
. ~-~~~a _in~d b_y diligen"t_i_nquiry.~ Ttl{~:rf:no\.y
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·-to any ,_ actio n,_wh~th~r 1n_ -persqnam ~f:/ ,:[e /il f! [ qu~~-, ),~ ~ . ,.
. In rem._Thus, 11now applies to ~~y acti9_r;1 ,:;....a,ethe_,(1'.L.'",t-!!'\ ,, ;.. -.;.,sv- I) - .
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·A~c1o_n- ··/ . , . Actic,n .-for · a
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Atcion ..·
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Septemf?er 2.3,-2008) . · . · · ... · · .\':.Ji-1:J- ~ ., · · .. · . , ·, • ,ela'tm. for
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. ·•.·· .. .• . '. da'mr3g~s (Id.). _·. -
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· 1 . . R~al : Ac~ion - i:in actio _n inV!:llvf~g ·tit!e to · or ,.., The .dfslinctio.n_betwe ~i, a real c:jd[on· and .a perso.rial .
·. pp'ssession of _real· property, · or. <;1ny'interest
therein. : _· · · .. · ·! · ' · 9f.d~termining the
acti~n is important for .th e purp_c;>~e
-venuepf ·ttie i acl!ori . .'·. ·.
..· ·2: . Persona) Action-- an action not involving title
. . . . to or po!3Sessi~n. of,reaJ property.7'or _a.ny)i~tere st · . ·.. KriQWi'ng
,;.,;hether or . nqt an actidii Is real ·is also ·
. the rem .- . . .r · ,
irj,portai:ifto'knbw ~hiCh court has jurisdiction over a· .
... 3 . . Mixed Action - ar:i aqtion involving a joinder of : •
con:iplaiot. Jurisdic:tiorr over ..real actions will involve .
:· both real and pe.i-sonai'actjons. • ·' ·
determ inatior_i.9f th e assess~d value. of, the-property
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- ·. •: An in personam ¢ran ii?_rem action is .a clae.sification.:
. of· .actions - according _the object of the . action . A
·•. .. personal an.d ~eal action is a· classifi_cation according .
to foljhdation. Hence, an· ac;:lio_nin..personam is not . ·
nece~sarily _.a · perso nal action: ·· N'o r is ·r1;ial.ac:tion . .
.necessa rily -aq ·action · ift .rem (1 RJANO, . supr-a
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