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9 Id., at pp. 57-58.
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THAT
THE
TRIAL
COURT
ACQUIRED
Ruling
The petition for review lacks merit.
Jurisdiction over the person, or jurisdiction in personam
the power of the court to render a personal judgment or
to subject the parties in a particular action to the judgment
and other rulings rendered in the action is an element of
due process that is essential in all actions, civil as well as
criminal, except in actions in rem or quasi in rem.
Jurisdiction over the defendant in an action in rem or quasi
in rem is not required, and the court acquires jurisdiction
over an action as long as it acquires jurisdiction over the
res that is the subject matter of the action. The purpose of
summons in such action is not the acquisition of
jurisdiction over the defendant but mainly to satisfy the
constitutional requirement of due process.12
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10 Supra note 2.
11 Rollo, p. 33.
12 Gomez v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 127692, March 10, 2004, 425
SCRA 98, 104.
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Oaminal v. Castillo, G.R. No. 152776, October 8, 2003, 413 SCRA 189,
196-197; Laus v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 101256, March 8, 1993, 219
SCRA 688, 699.
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SO ORDERED.
Sereno (CJ., Chairperson), Leonardo-De
Villarama, Jr. and Reyes, JJ., concur.
Castro,
Judgment affirmed.
Notes.Jurisdiction over a party is acquired by service
of summons by the sheriff, his deputy or other proper court
officer, either personally by handing a copy thereof to the
defendant or by substituted service. (Sarsaba vs. Vda. de
Te, 594 SCRA 410 [2009])
Personal service of summons should and always be the
first option, and it is only when the said summons cannot
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