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ABC
Plaintiff,
XYZ
Defendant.
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POSITION PAPER
(FOR PLAINTIFF)
submit this Position Paper in support of the arguments in the complaint and the
PREFATORY STATEMENT
litigant before this Honorable Court last June 28, 2018 specifically praying for his
restitution of the possession of the subject property, together with damages and
THE PARTIES
single and with residence address at Macapagal Avenue, Tubod, Iligan City. He
can be served with notices, orders, resolutions and other court processes of this
Macapagal Avenue, Tubod, Iligan City, where he may be served with summons
FACTUAL ANTECEDENTS
made by the Court of Appeals in GR. CV No. _______ on April 25, 2016,
declaring the plaintiff as co-owner of the subject property.
3. The period of the contract of lease expired in 2017. Plaintiff made several
verbal and written demands to vacate the said property that was left futile
property. The final demand letter was sent by plaintiff to defendant on April
23, 2017. The latter received the same a day after it was sent to him, on
2016, he learned that a certain Juan is the real owner of the property he is
leasing. Said real owner is the one paying for the Real Property Taxes
thereof and have with him a Certificate of Title to the subject property.
plaintiff’s filing of the ejectment suit is within the period of one (1) year
from the last demand to vacate the said property, and; that prior to the
filing of the complaint, the matter at issue was first referred to the Lupong
an amicable settlement.
ARGUMENTS
Plaintiff claims to have prior possession of the subject property under the
facts established in the case. It is pivotal in ejectment cases that the issue to be
resolved is the fact of possession. The only issue in forcible entry and unlawful
vendor, vendee, or other person against whom the possession of any land or
may at any time within one (1) year after such unlawful deprivation or withholding
of possession, bring an action in the proper Municipal Trial Court against the
person or persons claiming under them, for the restitution of such possession,
together with damages and costs. Section 2, Rule 70 provides that, unless
otherwise stipulated, such action by the lessor shall be commenced only after
demand to pay or comply with the conditions of the lease and to vacate is made
upon the lessee, or by serving written notice of such demand upon the person
found thereon, and the lessee fails to comply therewith after fifteen (15) days in
was required by Rule 70 of the Rules of Court in the instant case as well as he
has complied with the referral of the said case to the barangay level for
claimed that the issuance of such certificate is bereft of validity as the summons
required by it was not received by him. Granting arguendo that defendant did not
in fact received the summons, however, it does not follow that such failure is not
agencies and tribunals cloaked with authority to resolve issues are presumed to
VERIFICATION
ABC
Affiant
NOTARY PUBLIC
Commission Serial No. 68246
Doc. No. 65 Until December 31, 2020
Page No. 14 Roll of Attorney No. 11528
Book No. 1 IBP No. 1684/Jan. 1, 2018/Iligan City
Series of 2018 PTR No. 07592/Jan 4, 2018/Iligan City