CASE 2020-0024: BRIG. GEN. MARCIAL A. COLLAO IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMANDING GENERAL HEADQUARTERS AND HEAD QUARTERS SUPPORT GROUP, PHILIPPINE ARMY VS. MOISES ALBANIA (G.R. NO. 228905, JULY 15, 2020, PERALTA, C. J.) (SUBJECT/S: UNLAWFUL DETAINER; REJOINDER OF PARTIES)
DISPOSITIVE:

SUBJECTS/DOCTRINES/DIGEST:
GEN. CABUSAO FILED A COMPLAINT FOR UNLAWFUL DETAINER AGAINST ALBANIA WHO WAS LESSEE IN PROPERTY OF PHILIPPINE ARMY. METC RULED IN FAVOR OF GENERAL CABUSAO. ON APPEAL RTC DISMISSED THE CASE ON THE GROUND THAT THE COMPLAINANT SHOULD BE PHILIPPINE ARMY BECAUSE GEN. CABUSAO DOES NOT STAND TO BE BENEFITED OR INJURED. IS RTC CORRECT?
NO. NON JOINDER OF INDISPENSABLE PARTY IS NOT A GROUND FOR DISMISSAL. RTC SHOULD HAVE ORDERED THE AMENDMENT OF THE PLEADINGS.

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