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2005-06-29 |
CORONA, J. |
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| Here, petitioner never received the summons against him, whether personally or in his office. The records show that petitioner's official address as the General Manager of the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) was in Quezon City. Yet, the summons, together with a copy of the complaint, was served not in his Manila office but in PFDA's Iloilo branch office and received by the records receiving officer there. We have held that the failure to faithfully, strictly and fully comply with the requirements of substituted service renders the service ineffective.[12] | |||||
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2000-11-15 |
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J. |
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| These modes of service should be strictly followed in order that the court may acquire jurisdiction over the person. It is only when a defendant cannot be served personally "within a reasonable time" that substituted service may be made.[10] | |||||