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2009-11-25 |
PERALTA, J. |
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| In Davao Light & Power Co., Inc. v. Court of Appeals,[42] this Court clarified the actual time when jurisdiction should be had:It goes without saying that whatever be the acts done by the Court prior to the acquisition of jurisdiction over the person of defendant x x x issuance of summons, order of attachment and writ of attachment x x x 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.) | |||||