1. PLEADING AND PRACTICE; QUESTION OF JURISDICTION WHICH MAY BE ENTERTAINED BY THE SUPREME COURT; APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS. — The question of jurisdiction attempted to be raised in this case is not the kind of question that confers jurisdiction upon this court. The jurisdiction involved is not one over the subject matter but at most over the issue or over the persons of the parties. A Court of First Instance has jurisdiction over a case involving P200 or more, and therefore the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija had jurisdiction to render judgment in the amount of P350. The question of whether or not there was a proper issue raised in the pleading as to said amount, is not a question of jurisdiction over the subject matter, but jurisdiction over the issue. (Reyes v. Diaz, No. 48754, November 26, 1941.) Held: That the question of jurisdiction raised in the instant case is not only unsubstantial but is also not the kind of question that may deprive the Court of Appeals of its appellate jurisdiction over the case.

This case has been certified to this Court by a resolution of the Court of Appeals which reads as follows:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph

"En la demanda entablada en este asunto se pide la anulacion de la subasta publica que realizo el sheriff de Nueva Ecija para dar cumplimiento a una parte de la sentencia dictada por el Juzgado de Primera Instancia de aquella provincia en el asunto civil No. 5714, parte relativa al pago de la cantidad de P350 con sus intereses legales desde el 22 de febrero de 1917, montando todo ello a la suma de P747 por la que se remataron los bienes embargados y vendidos. Despues de enjuiciar el presente pleito, el Juzgado dicto sentencia anulando la subasta, conforme a lo pedido en la demanda, por causa de varias irregularidades cometidas por el sheriff en la tramitacion de las diligencias concernientes a dicha subasta. Contra el fallo asi dictado, la parte demandada, es decir, la parte a quien beneficio la subasta, ha interpuesto la presente apelacion.

"Al revisar los autos de este asunto hemos notado que los demandantes y apelados, al arg