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162 Supreme Court Reports Annotated: Mangila vs. Court of Appeals
162 Supreme Court Reports Annotated: Mangila vs. Court of Appeals
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G.R. No. 125027. August 12, 2002.
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* THIRD DIVISION.
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licenses and permits, register its business name, and pay taxes to
the national government. The law does not vest a separate legal
personality on the sole proprietorship or empower it to file or
defend an action in court.
Same; Same; Same; Same; It is the residence of the proprietor
which should be considered as one of the proper venues, not the
business address of the sole proprietorship.—Thus, not being
vested with legal personality to file this case, the sole
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CARPIO, J.:
The Case
The Facts
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4Ibid.
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Petitioner filed her Answer on June 16, 1989,
maintaining her contention that the venue was improperly
laid.
On June 26, 1989, the trial court issued an Order setting
the pre-trial for July 18, 1989 at 8:30 a.m. and requiring
the parties to submit their pre-trial briefs. Meanwhile,
private respondent filed a
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10 Ibid.
11 Records, p. 86.
12 Ibid., p. 91.
13 Ibid., p. 97.
14 Ibid., p. 102.
15 Ibid., p. 100.
16 Ibid., p. 131.
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17 Ibid., p. 161.
18 Rollo, p. 13.
19 Records, p. 182.
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The Issues
I.
II.
III.
IV.
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21 Section 1, Rule 57, Rules of Court.
22 204 SCRA 343 (1991).
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“It goes without saying that whatever be the acts done by the
Court prior to the acquisition of jurisdiction over the person of
defendant—issuance of summons, order of attachment and writ of
attachment—these do not and cannot bind and affect the
defendant until and unless jurisdiction over his person is
eventually obtained by the court, either by service on him of
summons or other coercive process or his voluntary submission to
the court’s authority. Hence, when the sheriff or other proper
officer commences implementation of the writ of attachment, it is
essential that he serve on the defendant not only a copy of the
applicant’s affidavit and attachment bond, and of the order of
attachment, as explicitly required by Section 5 of Rule 57, but also
the summons addressed to said defendant as well as a copy of the
complaint x x x.” (Emphasis supplied.)
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24 Rollo, p. 102.
25 UCPB v. Ongpin, G.R. No. 146593, October 26, 2001, 368 SCRA 464.
Sec. 14. Service upon defendant, whose identity or whereabouts are
unknown.—In any action where the defendant is designated as an
unknown owner, or the like, or whenever his whereabouts are unknown
and cannot be ascertained by diligent inquiry, service, may, by leave of
court, be effected upon him by publication in a newspaper of general
circulation and in such places and for such time as the court may order.
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situation contemplated in Section 16, Rule 14 of the Rules
of Civil Procedure, providing for service of summons by
publication.
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Improper Venue
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33 Rule 4, Section 2.
34 119 SCRA 367 (1982).
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35 Records, p. 31.
36 TSN, October 24, 1989, p. 2.
37 Records, p. 1.
38 Yao Ka Sin Trading v. Court of Appeals, 209 SCRA 763 (1992) citing
Jariol, Jr. v. Sandiganbayan, 188 SCRA 475 (1990).
39 Juasing Hardware v. Hon. Mendoza, 201 Phil. 369; 115 SCRA 783
(1982), also cited in the Yao Ka Sin Trading case.
40 Ibid.
41 Ibid.
42 Ibid.
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43 Records, p. 31.
44 Ibid., p. 107.
45 Ibid., p. 131.
46 Rollo, p. 1.
47 Sy v. Tyson Enterprises, Inc., see note 34.
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