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PAREDES, J.:
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"3. That at the time of the sale, appearing in Doc. No. 54, Page 81,
Book No. 7, S. 1947, in the book of Notary Public
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had not yet elapsed on June 20, 1957, when the complaint
was presented. While it is true that the sale in question
had taken place before the effectivity of the new Civil Code
and the law then on matter of prescription was Act No.
190, said law, however, contained no specific provision on
the interruption of the prescriptive period; and the
established rule then, as it is the rule now, is that the
commencement of the suit prior to the expiration' of the
applicable limitation period, interrupts the running of the
statute, as to all parties to the action (34 Am. Jur., Sec.
247, pp. 202-203; Peralta, et al. v. Alipio, G. R. No. L-8273,
Oct. 24, 1955). The fact that summons was only served on
defendant on July 2, 1957, which incidentally and/or
coincidentally was the end of the ten (10) year period, is of
no moment, since civil actions are deemed commenced from
date of the filing and docketing of the complaint with the
Clerk of Court, without taking into account the issuance
and service of summons (Sotelo v. Dizon, et al., 67 Phil.
573). The contention that the period was not interrupted
until after defendant received the summons is, therefore,
without legal basis.
Defendant-appellant claims that he had already
acquired full ownership of the property in question because
the judicial summons, which could civilly interrupt his
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Decision affirmed.
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