CIVIL PROCEDURE: JAPRL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION VS SECURITY BANK CORPORATION (Jurisprudence)

G.R. No. 190107                             June 6, 2011

JURISDICTION OVER THE DEFENDANT IS ACQUIRED

As expressly stated in Rule 14, Section 20 of the Rules of Court, the defendant's voluntary appearance in the action shall be equivalent to service of summons. It is well settled that any form of appearance in court, by the defendant, by his agent authorized to do so, or by attorney, is equivalent to service except where such appearance is precisely to object to the jurisdiction of the court over the person of the defendant.

CIVIL PROCEDURE: FELIX VS. COURT OF APPEALS (Jurisprudence)

G.R. No. 143736                           August 11, 2004

JURISDICTION OVER THE DEFENDANT IS ACQUIRED

The court acquires jurisdiction over the person of the defendant by service of summons on him, wither by personal service or by substituted service or by extra-territorial service thereof or by his voluntary personal appearance before the court or through counsel.