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Magbaleta vs. Gonong
Magbaleta vs. Gonong
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SECOND DIVISION.
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It is not always that one who is alien to the family would be willing to suffer
the inconvenience of, much less relish, the delay and the complications that
wranglings between or among relatives more often than not entail. Besides,
it is neither practical nor fair that the determination of the rights of a
stranger to the family who just happened to have innocently acquired some
kind of interest in any right or property disputed among its members should
be made to depened on the way the latter would settle their differences
among themselves.
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should institute the action against the lessor based upon the latters
failure to comply with his obligations as lessor under Article 1654 of
the Civil Code. (De Rivera vs. Halili, 9 SCRA 59).
In any suit, before the case proceeds to trial, it is the duty of the
court to see to it that all parties having interest in the subject are
joined therein, in order that the results of the suit would be binding
on all. (Niembra vs. Director of Lands, 11 SCRA 525).
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