CIVIL PROCEDURE: REPUBLIC VS ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA (Jurisprudence)

G.R. No. 192975                         November 12, 2012

HOW JURISDICTION IS CONFERRED AND DETERMINED

It is axiomatic that the nature of an action and whether the tribunal has jurisdiction over such action are to be determined from the material allegations of the complaint, the law in force at the time the complaint is filed, and the character of the relief sought irrespective of whether the plaintiff is entitled to all or some of the claims averred. Jurisdiction is not affected by the pleas or the theories set up by defendant in an answer to the complaint or a motion to dismiss the same.