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MANILA - The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld the decision of a lower court, which said summons to the Provincial Legal Officer (PLO) are required in a suit filed against a municipality. In an 11-page decision written by Associate Justice Elihu Ybanez dated October 19, the appellate court's Eighth Division said Judge Edwin Buffe, of the Odiongan, Romblon Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 82, ruled correctly in the case filed by couple Lino and Gemma Morales against the municipality of Looc and its mayor, Lissette Arboleda, in 2019. The couple claimed ownership of a 377-square-meter property in Barangay Poblacion. The Deputy Provincial Prosecutor of Romblon initially appeared as counsel for the respondents. On Jan. 13, 2020, the couple filed a motion to declare the municipality and Arboleda in default for failure to file an answer and respond to the complaint. The court, however, denied the motion filed by the couple to declare the municipality and the mayor in default as the summon