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	GR No. 182185 2009-09-18	JOAQUIN GA v. SPS. ANTONIO TUBUNGAN AND ROSALINDA TUBUNGAN AND NORBERTO GA YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.
In National Housing Authority v. Commission on the Settlement of Land Problems,[16] we held that a judgment rendered by a body or tribunal that has no jurisdiction over the subject matter of the case is no judgment at all. Thus, it cannot be the source of any right or the creator of any obligation. All acts pursuant to it and all claims emanating from it have no legal effect. The void judgment can never become final and any writ of execution based on it is likewise void.
	GR No. 157714 2009-06-16	MUNICIPALITY OF PATEROS v. CA NACHURA, J.
On this score, the jurisdiction of the RTC over boundary disputes among LGUs was settled in National Housing Authority v. Commission on the Settlement of Land Problems,[36] where this Court recognized the appellate jurisdiction of the proper RTC. The jurisdiction of the RTC was clarified in Municipality of Kananga v. Judge Madrona,[37] where this Court held that, even in the absence of any specific provision of law, "RTCs have general jurisdiction to adjudicate all controversies except those expressly withheld from their plenary powers. They have the power not only to take judicial cognizance of a case instituted for judicial action for the first time, but also to do so to the exclusion of all other courts at that stage. Indeed, the power is not only original, but also exclusive."